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2 September 2021
Who does this notice affect?
This notice is for cat and dog importers who use the Post Entry Quarantine facility in Australia.
What has changed?
Importers of cats and dogs to Australia can refer to the following frequently asked questions regarding veterinary care arrangements…
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Date of Issue: 03 March 2015Date of Effect: ImmediateAttention:Industries - Seafood Department of Agriculture - Central and Regional officesAffected Markets: IndonesiaFurther…
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Date of issue: 23/10/2017
Date of effect: Immediate
Reference Number: MAA 2017 - 07Attention:Industries—SeafoodExport establishments approved to export seafood to VietnamSeafood Export Consultative…
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2 August 2021
Who does this notice affect?
Importers of high-risk plant products and other stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principal shipping agents…
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Taking your cat or dog overseas? Check whether it can come back to Australia.When your cat or dog leaves Australia it immediately loses its Australian health status. This means you might not be able to bring it back to Australia at short notice. Please consider the information below before…
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All commercial vessels must use MARS for vessel pre-arrival reporting.Commercial vessel types that must use MARS to report noting that some vessels having additional requirements to be met:Australian vesselsCruiseHeavy liftRo-Ros (Roll On Roll Off)BargesFishingLivestockSuperyachts - charteredBreak…
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We have completed our review of biosecurity import requirements for dogs and cats and their semen from approved countries.Steps to complete this risk analysisWhen we do a risk analysis, we:start the risk analysis by reviewing the science on pests and diseases of concernassess and analyse…
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Portfolio boards include committees, panels, councils and other bodies. We maintain a list of people who have expressed an interest in being a part-time portfolio board member. This list is the Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Portfolio Boards Register (PBR).The PBR allows people with diverse…
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Imports of plants and their products from outside Australia can risk introducing weeds, pests and diseases. These can threaten Australia’s natural environment, our food security and economy.We set import conditions to reduce these risks. Learn more about how we manage plant biosecurity risks.Plant…
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Last updated 13 March 2025DownloadNotice to Industry 17: Sampling requirements for Equine Influenza testing (PDF 296 KB) IntroductionAustralian import conditions require testing of horses for equine influenza virus in quarantine. A validated pan-reactive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay…
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