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On 10 January 2025, Germany provided official notification to the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) of the detection of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in a herd of water buffalo in the eastern state of Brandenburg.This is the first detection of FMD in Germany since 1988.The outbreak has…
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Detect and Protect
An Australian biosecurity podcast
Episode 4
Host: Tina Leung, Sydney Gateway Facility, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Guest: Michael Huang, Sydney Gateway Facility, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
This podcast episode is…
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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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Sink your teeth into the world of plant biosecurity with our Biosecurity Bite videos. This series of seven videos will take you behind the scenes of Australia’s biosecurity system.
1. Biosecurity and Trade
Every day Australia imports and exports plants and plant products. Imported products may…
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Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms, packhouses and treatment facilities to export table grapes to protocol markets for the 2019–20 season.
Summary of changes and key points
Applications are now open for…
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46-2015 - Authorised Officer Program – Release of new job function for horticulture protocol markets
2 October 2015
Purpose
To advise that the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has released a new opportunity for external authorised officers to inspect goods exported under protocol market access arrangements. This new opportunity, within the Authorised Officer model, is known as the…
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According to the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) food price index, the price of vegetable oils and cereals fell again in April. Prices are now well below the records of 2022, but remain relatively high by historical standards (Figure 1).
This article explores the key drivers of recent…
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12 July 2017Who does this notice affect? This notice is of interest to importers of (certain/specific) uncooked prawns and uncooked prawn meat products and associated industry participants and retailers.…
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Food safety and your obligations
Food licencing requirements vary from state to state. Farmers’ market organisers work with local government to ensure all stall holders meet their selling obligations and licencing requirements. Talk to your farmers’ market organiser if you require further…
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7 October 2015PurposeTo call for applications for approval of orchards, packhouses and treatment facilities for export of stone fruit to Thailand and Taiwan for the 2015/2016 season.Key points The…
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