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What is foot-and-mouth disease?
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a serious and highly contagious viral animal disease that affects primarily cloven-hoofed animals including cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, camels, lamas, alpacas, deer and pigs.
FMD virus is carried by…
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All plants imported into Australia, regardless of end use, have the potential to become weeds in Australia. Having a system to screen new plant introductions for weed potential reduces the chances of new weeds entering Australia.
Since the 1800s, new plant species have been introduced into…
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25 July 2025Attention Accredited Veterinarians (AAVs) Purpose To inform Australian Accredited Veterinarians (AAVs) and industry stakeholders that the department is continuing the AAV auditing program on an ongoing basis. Key Points Further to EAN – 2023-9, the…
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03 December 2025PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise plant industry and registered establishments of updates to the registered establishment performance standards.Summary of changes and key pointsThe Exports reference: Performance standards for plant export registered…
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17 June 2020
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify Authorised Officers that Learnhub is being updated.
Summary of changes and key points
The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment’s system for training and professional development—Learnhub—is being updated to…
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2 June 2025PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses, and registration of treatment facilities to export cherries to protocol markets for the 2025-2026 season.Summary of changes and key pointsApplications are…
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5 June 2023
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Animal Biosecurity Advice 2023-A06: Final report for the prawn review (PDF 242 1KB)
Animal Biosecurity Advice 2023-A06: Final report for the prawn review (DOCX 233 KB)
Model health certificate for prawns and prawn meat for human consumption (PDF 219 1KB)
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19 September 2023
Species: Cattle exported by sea
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Attention
Livestock exporters
Australian Livestock Exporters’ Council
LiveCorp
Meat and Livestock Australia
Departmental officers
Purpose
To inform stakeholders of an update to the alternative minimum pen space allocation…
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A Biosecurity Advice notice is a notice that informs stakeholders about the department's biosecurity work. Biosecurity Advice notices are sent to registered stakeholders and…
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