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1 August 2024Who does this notice affect?Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers and principal agents—associated with shipping or importing goods subject to…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is using innovative methods to tackle a hidden underground risk at Brisbane International Airport – a potential exotic mosquito breeding site.The department’s Vector Monitoring Program (VMP) is trialling new Hamer traps over an underground drain…
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A workshop in Fiji this month will seek to strengthen biosecurity in the Pacific by developing a new strategy to manage risks associated with sea container movements.The strategy aims to reduce the global spread of hitchhiker pests across the Pacific region via the sea container pathway. These…
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Anatid herpesvirus-1Duck viral enteritis (DVE), also known as duck plague, is one of Australia’s higher-risk exotic environmental diseases.DVE is a contagious and often fatal infection that occurs in wild and domestic ducks, geese, swans and other waterfowl of the Anatidae family. It is not found…
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At the department’s diagnostic laboratory in Melbourne, Senior Molecular Biologist Grace Sun and colleagues Komal Gurdasani, Umar Muhammad, Brodie Sutcliffe, Jesse Pinguinha and Brad Pease are utilising the latest diagnostic technology to help protect Australia from potentially harmful plant pests…
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Import conditions for Phalaenopsis orchids are available on the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON), making the import of these goods possible.
A decision to import these goods into Australia is a commercial decision between an importer in Australia and a supplier in the country of origin…
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DGP014/75
Mr Tom Aldred
First Assistant Secretary
Department of Agriculture
GPO Box 858
CANBERRA ACT 2601
Dear Mr. Aldred
I refer to the release of the draft 'Review of policy: Import risk analysis report for fresh salacca (snake fruit) from Indonesia into Australia by the Department of…
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World class Australian ruminant (cow, goat and sheep) genetics are now more easily traded to Chile.
An audit from the Chilean agriculture department has approved all department-accredited ruminant germplasm (semen and embryo) centres for export to Chile. This is a cost saving to exporters as…
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Import conditions for citrus from the Arab Republic of Egypt are available on the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON), making the import of these goods possible.
A decision to import citrus from the Arab Republic of Egypt into Australia is a commercial decision between an…
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The department works with key stakeholders to develop food regulatory policy.A list of current activities undertaken across the food regulatory system is maintained on the Australia and New…
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