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The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment audits export registered establishments to verify the procedures documented in their Approved Arrangement (AA) and assure compliance with export legislation.
Audit frequency
For egg establishments, audit frequency is determined by the type…
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28 June 2022
Who does this notice affect?
This notice is for all pet transport companies and importers of cats and/or dogs to Australia.
What has changed?
The department has noticed an increase in microchip numbers being incorrectly recorded on permit applications, RNATT laboratory reports and…
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19 August 2022Who does this notice affect?This notice is of interest to importers, brokers, and biosecurity industry participants of:Breaded, battered, or crumbed (BBC) prawns from all countries; orHighly processed (HP) prawns from all countriesWhat has changed?The department is incorporating BBC…
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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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24 September 2019PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise of updated phytosanitary conditions for certain fruit exports to the European Union (EU), following previous industry advice on 30…
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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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Australian biosecurity experts are helping to lift regional biosecurity capability through the delivery of a major workshop hosted by Indonesia for the Asia Pacific Plant Protection Commission (APPPC) Secretariat.
The workshop, which runs from 22-26 May in Bali, is the final in a series of six…
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This webpage details the requirements for other-risk plant products under Phase 4 of the khapra beetle urgent actions.
As of 28 April 2022, import conditions for a wide range of other-risk plant products exported from all countries have changed. For the full list of import conditions refer to…
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Ending hunger around the world is the focus of World Food Day today, as 2.8 billion people still can’t afford a healthy diet and 733 million face hunger globally. Australia is one of 150 countries embracing this year’s World Food Day theme, “Right to foods for a better life and better future…
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Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry, March 2023.
This document outlines the conditions under which the department formally recognises the voluntary Australian Livestock Processing Industry Animal Welfare Certification System (AAWCS). The role of AUS-MEAT in…
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