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7 November 2025Who does this notice affect? Importers, brokers, customs agents and freight forwarders What has changed? The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) has completed a review of the biosecurity risks to Australia and will increase the permit…
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OverviewThis project aims to develop a bead-based multiplexed serological assay for the differential diagnosis of various flaviviruses. It is suitable for use with samples from pigs and horses.The usefulness of this assay will be compared to existing enzyme linked immunosorbent assays and the gold…
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International Day of Forests on 21 March is a global day created by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012 to celebrate and raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests.Countries around the world are encouraged to organise activities involving forests and trees. These activities…
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OverviewExercise Waterhole, a national laboratory exercise in 2023, showed limits in current laboratory information management systems. These include not being fully integrated, with some data requiring manual entry. This can increase laboratory staff workload.The project will address these issues…
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We have completed our Review of the biosecurity risks of prawns imported from all countries for human consumption. The final report included proposed import conditions. Publication of the final report represented the end of the process.Comment was sought on the import conditions proposed in the…
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31 October 2019Who does this notice affect?Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principle agents and master consolidators—associated with importing goods that require increased intervention…
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Project UpdatesIndonesia-Australia Commercial Cattle Breeding Programme
The Indonesia-…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry screens all imported cargo for biosecurity risk material. The department charges fees to cover the expense of providing these biosecurity services. The fee depends on the way the consignment is presented to the department for inspection and the…
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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, March 2017
This report details food that was found to fail under the Imported Food Inspection Scheme during the month. For full data on activity and compliance under the Scheme refer to the six monthly Imported Food…
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Authors: Joey Crowley-Shaw, Fred Litchfield & Tom Jackson
There is significant demand for high quality agricultural workforce data in Australia. This data is used by governments, industry bodies, research organisations and the farming community to measure and understand trends in labour…
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