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OverviewPhysical barriers are used to exclude pests at the scale of the packed commodity or consignment.Examples include the covering or packaging of the commodity (e.g. with netting or in boxes or pallets) using pest-exclusionary material, and the secure transport of consignments (e.g. in sea…
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The Australian Government continues to enforce stringent import conditions to manage the biosecurity risk associated with imported prawns and safeguard our valuable fisheries and aquaculture industries.
Measures to ensure Australia's import conditions are being met include pre-border and border…
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Canine ehrlichiosis is a disease of dogs caused by infection with a bacterium called Ehrlichia canis. The bacterium is carried by ticks. In Australia, dogs can be infected with E.canis after being bitten by an infected brown dog tick.
The disease occurs in the northern regions of Western Australia…
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Khapra beetle larvae cast skins in imported products and packaging.
Seeds for sowing exported from all countries via all arrival modes must comply with the following conditions, unless the seed meets the exclusion criteria:inspected offshore by a government…
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24 February 2025Who does this notice affect?All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) during this planned outage.InformationTo support system maintenance, BICON will be unavailable from 23:00 Saturday 01 March to 01:00 Sunday 02 March 2025 (AEDT).…
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Importers must ensure that tyres are free from biosecurity risk material (BRM) before arriving in Australia.Certain tyres will be inspected upon arrival. You will need to arrange remedial cleaning if contamination is found. If the biosecurity risk is too great to allow cleaning in Australia, you…
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Australia is free from many pests and diseases found around the world.
Our animal, plant and human health rely on stringent controls and measures to manage the risk of these pests and diseases entering and becoming established in Australia.
This is known as biosecurity.
Many…
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2017-12 - Horticulture Exports Program – Suspension of rockmelons and honeydew melons to New Zealand
12 April 2017PurposeThe purpose of this Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that, effective immediately, New Zealand has suspended imports of Australian rockmelons and honeydew melons…
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From: Gilliland, John (PIRSA) [mailto:Gilliland.John@saugov.sa.gov.au]
Sent: Friday, 22 May 2009 11:37 AM
To: BA - Animal Biosecurity Contact
Subject: Comments on the Draft import risk…
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29 October 2025Who does this notice affect?Stakeholders with an interest in Australia’s import conditions for prawns.What has changed?The department has recently received increased enquiries questioning whether there has been a change in Australia’s import conditions for whole (unpeeled) uncooked…
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