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39-2023: Maritime and Aircraft Reporting System (MARS) offline forms revised for commercial vessels to report arrival and voyage changes

21/02/2023 Who does this notice affect? All vessel owners, operators, masters, and shipping agents who represent international commercial vessels including cruise vessels, preparing for arrival in Australian territory, or reporting a voyage change. What has changed? The Maritime and Aircraft…
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2022-15: China: Fish: Is your export establishment listed for China? Requirements to maintain your market access to China

Date of issue: 24 August 2022 Date of effect: Immediate Reference Number: MAA2022-15 Related MAAs: For background, please see MAA 2022-11: China: Fish: Do you catch, store or prepare fish or fish products that are exported to China? China Import Food Enterprise Registration System and MAA 2022-…
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2020-31 - Horticulture Exports Program – Thailand Food and Drug Administration to implement stringent pesticide residues monitoring on fresh fruit and vegetables at the port of entry

5 June 2020 Purpose This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise of Thailand Food and Drug Administration (FDA) changes to their residue testing on imports of fresh fruit and vegetables scheduled to be implemented 15 June 2020. These changes may result in additional costs, requirements and…
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Failing Food Report – July 2020

​​​Publication details​ Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, July 2020 This report lists food that has failed under the Imported Food Inspection Scheme (IFIS). [Expand all] Risk food tests We target and monitor food that poses a high or medium risk to public health. We refer…
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Machinery exported from Australia due to excessive contamination

​​Machinery imported to Australia must be free from biosecurity risk material on arrival. Under the Biosecurity Act 2015,machinery that has been brought into Australia and found to be excessively…
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Biosecurity Advice 2016-23 - Importation of honey bee semen - Final review of import conditions

​​20 June 2016 This Biosecurity Advice informs stakeholders that the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has finalised a biosecurity risk review for the importation of honey bee semen. Importation of honey bee semen may be permitted subject to biosecurity legislation, and the…
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M and R Silverstein

​131 Prentice Road Orrvale   2nd July, 2011 Office of the Chief Executive Dr Colin Grant Biosecurity Australia GPO Box 858 CANBERRA ACT 260 Good afternoon Colin, Remember Pears are the first…
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Failing Food Report – December 2024

This report lists food that has recently failed under the Imported Food Inspection Scheme (IFIS). Data for the fails in this report and previous reports are available from this link - Imported Food Inspection Scheme - monthly failing food reports - Dataset - data.gov.auFood testsWe target…
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Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting

Friday 6 October 2023 Meeting Communiqué Commonwealth, state, and territory agriculture ministers met virtually on Friday 6 October 2023, for the third and final Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) of the year. AMM 03/2023 was chaired by the Australian Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and…
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Residue chemistry and laboratory performance and evaluation

The National Residue Survey (NRS) contracts the services of Australian and New Zealand laboratories to perform residue testing. The laboratories must have demonstrated capabilities in the specific chemical residue analyses that are required by export and domestic markets.Laboratory performance…
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