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The Australian Government’s Post Entry Quarantine (PEQ) facility located in Mickleham, Victoria manages high-risk plant and animal imports, including cats, dogs, horses, live birds, hatching eggs, bees and ruminants. When these imports arrive in Australia, they are kept in quarantine while their…
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24 February 2025PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify all Plant Exports Management System (PEMS) users, including plant export clients, exporters and authorised officers (AOs), of an outage to the PEMS system due to department system maintenance.Summary of changes and key pointsPEMS…
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29 August 2025PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify all Plant Exports Management System (PEMS) users of a planned system maintenance outage.Summary of changes and key pointsPEMS will be unavailable from 11:00pm, Saturday 30 August 2025 to 1:00am, Sunday 31 August 2025 (AEST).During…
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Improving access to imported food safety requirementsImported food safety requirements are now included in the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON).See more about the Inclusion of food safety requirements in BICON.We monitor and test food imported into Australia under our Imported Food…
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This Menu serves up a comprehensive range of options to manage trade-related plant biosecurity risks. Browse The Menu to see how each of the 41 unique measures can mitigate risk. See more about the Menu of Measures.Select a Risk Reduction Objective:1: Minimise exposure to pests2: Minimise…
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20 December 2013
During the Christmas and New Year period of 2013/14, the Department of Agriculture Plant Exports offices will be either closed or manned with reduced staff and hours. Confirmed appointments for inspections over the Christmas and New Year period will be serviced in accordance…
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Date of issue: 14 May 2020
Date of effect: 21 April 2021
Reference Number: MAA2020-10
Attention:
Industries—Industry bodies - Australian Food and Grocery Council
Licensed exporters
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment - Central and Regional offices
Purpose
To…
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Date of issue: 2 March 2021
Date of effect: 9 March 2021
Reference Number: MAA2021-05
Attention:
Industries—Industry bodies – Dairy Australia – Infant Nutrition Council
Export dairy establishments
Licensed exporters …
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What is salacca fruit?Salacca is a tropical fruit that grows from a very spiny, short stemmed palm. The fruit grow in bunches at the base of the plant. The individual fruits are the same size and shape…
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8 August 2022PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses, and the registration of treatment facilities, to export table grapes to protocol markets including New Zealand for the 2022–23 season.Summary/Key…
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