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Senator the Hon Murray Watt, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry recently attended the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Ministerial Conference in Rome, and then travelled to New Delhi and Mumbai to meet with key Indian ministerial counterparts.
In Rome, Minister…
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Certain food, plant material and animal products from overseas could introduce serious pests and diseases into Australia, devastating our valuable agriculture and tourism industries, unique environment and our way of life.Before you bring or mail goods to Australia, check that it's allowed into…
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13 November 2019PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that the Indian Plant Protection Organisation has consolidated the list of prohibited weed seeds for plant and plant products imported into India.Summary of changes and key pointsThe Indian Plant Protection Organisation has…
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Australia has handed over 500,000 doses of lumpy skin disease (LSD) vaccines to Indonesia as part of the Australian Government’s work to fight exotic animal diseases before they reach our shores.The vaccines are part of 1 million doses the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is…
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Detect and Protect
An Australian biosecurity podcast
Series 2 Episode 7
Host: Casey Baines
Guest: Sarah Tibbetts
Sarah first worked as a kennel hand, assisting the biosecurity detector dog program. She has since joined the department, has progressed her career and is now a technical supervisor…
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20 February 2023
This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the Oriental melon and rockmelon fruit from Korea: biosecurity import requirements final report.
The final report recommends that the importation of greenhouse-grown fresh oriental melon and rockmelon fruit to…
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World Rabies Day 2022 with the theme ‘Rabies: One Health, Zero Deaths’ is raising awareness of the global target to end human deaths from dog-mediated rabies by 2030.
Australian Chief Veterinary Officer Dr Mark Schipp said the department was working closely with neighbouring countries to address…
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14 June 2019PurposeThe purpose of this Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses to export cherries to protocol…
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PLANT PEST
Scorched leaves are a common symptom of the bacterial disease Xylella which can infect hundreds of plant species.
John Hartman, University of Kentucky, Bugwood.org
Xylella and exotic vectorsExotic to AustraliaFeatures: A bacterial disease that…
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30 August 2019Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that the phytosanitary conditions for certain fruit exports to the European Union (EU) will change from 1 September 2019.Summary of…
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