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Workshops fostering collaboration on plant biosecurity
The Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry sponsored 6 delegates from neighbouring countries to take part in two national plant biosecurity workshops this month.
2024-15: Horticulture – Application for the export of avocados to protocol markets
27 March 2024
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses to export Hass avocados to Japan, Thailand, and India.
56-2024: Minimum documentary and import declaration requirements policy – Industry focus groups.
27 March 2024
Who does this notice affect?
Importers, biosecurity industry participants and accredited persons operating under the department’s class 19 approved arrangements, freight forwarders and other industry participants who arrange documentation for imported goods.
2024-14: Plant Export Operations – Learnhub expected maintenance outage
27 March 2024
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify industry of an expected maintenance outage for our learning management system (Learnhub).
Approved Australian horticulture export protocol treatment facilities
A list of horticulture export registered establishments approved to undertake treatments for protocol markets is provided below. Not all treatment facilities are listed, only those that have given permission to be published.
The registered establishments are grouped by the types of approved treatments. The list does not include approved commodities and countries. This information must be obtained from the establishment.
55-2024: Scheduled Outage: Saturday 06 April to Sunday 07 April 2024 - BICON
25 March 2024
Who does this notice affect?
All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) during this planned maintenance period.
Information
Due to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, BICON will be unavailable from 20:00 (AEDT) Saturday 06 April to 03:30 Sunday 07 April 2024 (AEST).
Action
Clients are advised to complete and submit any in-progress import permit applications prior to the commencement of this planned outage period.
54-2024: Services Restored: 25 March 2024 – Imports Request for Inspection Western Australia Mailbox
25 March 2024
Who does this notice affect?
Biosecurity industry participants including approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who were sending email correspondence to the department’s Imports – Request for Inspection Western Australia (WA) mailbox (ImportsRFIWA@agriculture.gov.au
53-2024: Unplanned Service Disruption: Wednesday 20 March 2024 – Imports Request for Inspection Western Australia Mailbox
22 March 2024
Who does this notice affect?
Biosecurity industry participants including approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who are sending email correspondence to the department’s Imports – Request for Inspection Western Australia (WA) mailbox (ImportsRFIWA@agriculture.gov.au).
Information
Start time:
As of: 17:00 Wednesday 20 March 2024 (AEDT).
Detail:
51-2024: Class 3.2 Imported pig meat processing – information to support class conditions in relation to the department’s requirements for the treatment and disposal of ‘Imported pig meat’ and ‘Imported pig meat waste’.
22 March 2024
Who does this notice affect?
Biosecurity industry participants holding an approved arrangement for class 3.2 Imported Pig Meat Processing.
What has changed?
There has been no change to the department’s requirements or underpinning policy, for the management and disposal of imported pig meat and imported pig meat waste.
The purpose of this Import Industry Advice Notice is to provide biosecurity industry participants, who hold a class 3.2 Imported Pig Meat Processing approved arrangement, with: