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Our roleThe Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) is the Australian government authority responsible for certifying Australian food and agricultural exports (conventional, certified organic and bio-dynamic). The department provides export certification and declarations…
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17 December 2019
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise stakeholders of the new policy for the management and audit of plant export registered establishments.
Summary of changes and key points
New policies on the management and audit of plant export registered establishments…
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We may receive information on potential non-compliance with regulations. These come from many sources, including:self-reporting by regulated entitiesExporter Supply Chain Assurance System (ESCAS) independent audit reportsdepartment intelligencereports from third parties.The core elements of our…
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The implementation plan to assist in delivery of Australia’s first National Biosecurity Strategy (NBS), a collaborative, national approach to protecting Australia from exotic pests and diseases backed by all government agriculture ministers, has been released.
First Assistant Secretary for…
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Aquatic animal diseases pose a threat to aquatic animal production and environments. Aquatic emergency animal disease threats are often difficult to predict and manage. This is because aquatic animal diseases:
are often highly pathogenic
have the potential to affect both wild and captive…
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30 January 2018
Purpose
The purpose of this Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that a draft of the revised Plant Export Cost Recovery Implementation Statement (CRIS) has been released for public comment for a consultation period of 2 months.
The CRIS and details of the public…
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Environmental biosecurity requires collaboration between governments, industry, and the community. We work with a wide variety of people across Australia for good environmental biosecurity outcomes.We aim to develop strong, vibrant environmental biosecurity networks. The Australian Chief…
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Updated estimate
A large multi-state foot and mouth disease outbreak has an estimated direct economic impact over 10 years of around $80 billiona(in $2020-21 with a 3% discount rate).
aABARES 2022 estimate based on Buetre et al. (2013) updating for current industry conditions and adopting the…
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22 May 2024Species: All livestockCountries: AllAttentionAll stakeholdersPurposeTo advise stakeholders that the department has published a new policy for ‘Stock on hand’ in registered establishments for livestock exports.Key pointsThe policy provides direction to exporters sourcing livestock for…
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