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30 June 2025Who does this notice affect?Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who will be required to book and manage requests for import inspections using the Biosecurity Portal during this planned outage.Approved arrangements operators…
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6 January 2022
Who does this notice affect?
This information is relevant to Biosecurity industry participants (BIPs) and accredited persons under the Class 19.2 automatic entry processing for commodities (AEPCOMM) approved arrangement.
What has changed?
Tariffs in scope of AEPCOMM have been…
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Flags of Convenience (FOC) are considered to be a major obstacle in the fight against IUU fishing. While not illegal as such, by using a FOC, IUU fishers seek to conceal their operations or…
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25 March 2013
Purpose
To advise exporters and Plant Export stakeholders of the development of the guide Exporting plants and plant products: A step-by-step guide for Australian exporters.
Instructions
A step-by-step guide to exporting has been developed for Plant Exports. The guide takes…
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Australia is free of rabies, and we want to keep it that way. This is why we have introduced new biosecurity measures for importing cats and dogs into Australia.
From 1 March, some cats or dogs entering Australia will need to undergo 30 days quarantine at our Post Entry Quarantine facility in…
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OverviewThe Subcommittee on Animal Health Laboratory Standards, through leadership of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and an expert consultant, have completed the process of finalising a business plan. The plan looks towards a national laboratory-focused simulation exercise.…
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OverviewThis project aims to build on previous phases of the Australian Biosecurity Genomic Database (ABGD) development project. Phase 3 aims to:add additional viral subtypesexpand the database to include state based notifiable diseasestrial the inclusion of bacterial pathogensdetermine a long-term…
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OverviewExercise Waterhole was a national laboratory exercise in 2023. It showed the need for enhanced management of baseline or centralised laboratory stockpiles. In March 2025, a national workshop considered a centralised national laboratory stockpile for emergency animal disease response.…
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Issue Date: 18 September 2013
Contact Officer:
Con Sullivan
Food Exports Branch
Ph 02 6271 6609
Email: Con Sullivan
Date of Effect: Immediately
Date of Expiry: 2 October 2014
1. Purpose
This notice:
advises of the implementation of reformatted manual Halal certificates, template…
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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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