Introducing new Australian Chief Veterinary Officer Dr Beth Cookson
In December 2023 Dr Beth Cookson was appointed Australia’s Chief Veterinary Officer following the retirement of Dr Mark Schipp.
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Pest profile: Polyphagous shot-hole borer
Euwallacea fornicatus, commonly known as Polyphagous shot-hole borer (PSHB), is a tiny beetle that bores into living trees, causing damage and dieback.
Benefits of an early warning system for exotic pests
With the explosion of citizen science platforms such as iNaturalist, which allow members of the public to upload occurrence records of species detected in Australia, an opportunity exists to use these platforms as an early warning system for the d
48-2024: Scheduled Outage: Thursday 21 March to Friday 22 March 2024 – MARS
18 March 2024
Who does this notice affect?
All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required to report pre-arrival information during this planned maintenance period.
Information
Due to scheduled maintenance, the Maritime and Aircraft Reporting System (MARS) will be unavailable from 23:00 Thursday 21 March to 03:00 Friday 22 March (AEDT).
Action
Clients are advised to await the completion of this maintenance period before attempting to access this service.
2024-12: Plant Export Operations – Manual of Importing Country Requirements (Micor) user account audit
18 March 2024
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to inform stakeholders that we will be conducting an audit on Manual of Importing Country Requirements (Micor) user accounts.
Animal Biosecurity Advice 2024-A02: Draft report: Animal biosecurity risks of fresh beef and beef products derived from bovines born and raised in Canada or Mexico and legally imported and slaughtered in the United States
20 March 2024
We invite you to comment on the draft review by 11.59 pm on Monday 20 May 2024.
The draft report is available for review and comment on our Have Your Say website.
Draft review of fresh beef and beef products derived from bovines born and raised in Canada or Mexico and legally imported and slaughtered in the United States.
IAN 2024-03: United States of America: USDA National Organic Program Strengthening Organic Enforcement Final Rule
Date of issue: 15 March 2024
Date of effect: 19 March 2024
Reference Number: IAN 2024-03
Attention
Organic operators, exporters, approved certifying bodies and industry bodies.
Agri-food sector on show at ASEAN-Australia Special Summit
The ASEAN-Australia Special Summit was held in Melbourne last week to celebrate 50 years of Australian engagement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Nominations for the Australian Biosecurity Awards open soon
Do you know an organisation or individual who goes above and beyond in protecting our nation from exotic pests and diseases?
Red Imported Fire Ant headquarters visit
On 26 February, the Australian Chief Environmental Biosecurity Officer, Dr Bertie Hennecke and staff from the Environmental Biosecurity Office travelled to Berrinba in Queensland for the first project board meeting of the National Fire Ant Eradica