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Licensed exporters must have an approved Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System (ESCAS) to export feeder or slaughter livestock.
Applying for an ESCAS
Follow these steps to apply for an approved ESCAS.
Draft your application and prepare supporting documents
Your application email must set out…
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OverviewExposure to the pest is reduced by ensuring that the commodity is geographically isolated from the pest.Examples include requirements that a Pest Free Production Site be located a minimum distance from any other site producing the same commodity, and that processing or storage facilities (e…
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Four-Monthly Report to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, the Hon. Tony Burke M.P. on the Implementation of the Callinan Inquiry (No. 1, October 2008)
Background
I have been…
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National Feral Pig Current Distribution in Australia (2024) is a continental spatial dataset of the modelled current distribution of feral pigs (Sus scrofa) in Australia. The dataset contains a national map of the current relative abundance of feral pigs for each 5 km x 5 km cell in the raster grid…
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The Australian Government is working with our Pacific neighbours to improve trade and biosecurity in the region. We are better together and can achieve more this way.
Together we can:
stop the spread of pests and diseases
maintain, and expand market access opportunities
secure sustainable…
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25 March 2020
Who does this notice affect?
This notice is for all airlines, freight forwarders, pet transport companies and importers of cats and dogs to Australia.
What has changed?
COVID-19 impact on Cat and Dog imports to Australia
The department is currently handling an unprecedented…
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17 June 2024Who does this notice affect?Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, offshore treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principal agents and master consolidators.What has changed?The…
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23 February 2022
Who does this notice affect?
Non- Bond Reporters of Self Assessed Clearance (SAC) consignments.
What has changed?
The purpose of this notice is to provide further advice about upcoming electronic system changes occurring within the Department of Agriculture, Water and…
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Less than Container Load (LCL) and Freight All Kinds (FAK) containers with target high risk goods that are shipped from target risk countries between 1 September and 30 April (inclusive) are managed at the container level for BMSB risk prior to deconsolidation.Once the container risk has been…
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