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The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Andrew Metcalfe AO, has announced his intention to retire from the Australian Public Service on 4 August 2023. Below is his message to his department, distributed on 13 June 2023.
Colleagues
It is with mixed emotions…
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Dairy exporters in Australia must meet requirements set by Australian export laws and by the importing country.
New exporters — read our step-by-step guide to exporting dairy products.
Types of goods
You need to understand how your product is defined by law, as export requirements differ…
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Egg exporters in Australia must meet requirements set by Australian export laws and by the importing country.
New exporters — read our step-by-step guide to exporting eggs and egg products.
Types of goods
You need to understand how your product is defined by law, as export requirements…
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Lodging onlineCustoms brokers and commercial importers can use COLS to:lodge documents for imported cargo online in PDF, JPG, TIF and Word formats (total size up to 20 megabytes) in support of:full import declarations (food, quarantine & dual consignments)other declarations, where directed by…
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22 March 2018Who does this notice affect? All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who will be required to use the Post Entry Biosecurity System during this planned outage period.Information Due to…
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Biotechnology Briefs
We can expect that the commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) canola would have very little, if any, impact on organic agriculture in Australia.
The direct impacts on organic canola production are likely to be negligible. Only very small amounts of organic canola and…
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All entities operating an approved arrangement must pay the annual charge each financial year.This includes suspended approved arrangements, and approved arrangements that are revoked (cancelled) within the financial year. No reduction or refund applies to revoked approved arrangements.Information…
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7 October 2022
Who does this notice affect?
This notice is of interest to importers, brokers, biosecurity industry participants (BIP) and departmental staff of:
Nursery stock
Seed for sowing
What has changed?
The department has reviewed the packaging verification inspection requirement by…
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Authors: Donkor Addai, Ahmed Hafi, Lucy Randall, Philip Tennant, Tony Arthur and Jay Gomboso
Overview
Wheat stem rust is a fungal disease caused by the Puccinia graminis f. sp. Tritici (Pgt) fungus that can affect wheat, barley, oat, rye and triticale when seasonal conditions are…
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30 July 2018Who does this notice affect? All clients who use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system.InformationUpdate: This scheduled maintenance has been cancelled and an…
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