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26 September 2022
Departmental staff; importers of ovine and/or caprine dairy, ovine and/or caprine fluids and tissues (including laboratory products containing fluids and tissues), and stockfeed from Spain.
23 September 2022
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise registered establishments with existing approved CIFER accounts from the October/December 2021 fast track process, to complete the ‘June 2023 update’ process in CIFER.
23 September 2022
All first point of entry port operators, vessel agents and crew who interact with international vessels arriving from Indonesia.
There is currently an active outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in Indonesia. FMD is a significant biosecurity threat to Australia which could cost $80 billion over several years if there is a widespread outbreak here in Australia.
23 September 2022
All importers and customs brokers who are required to lodge inspection requests to the department.
The unplanned service disruption to the Biosecurity Portal has been resolved. Clients can now submit new import inspection requests as normal.
No action required. The department apologises for any inconvenience caused.
Travellers should remain vigilant of the risks posed by foot and mouth disease (FMD) and other pests and diseases when coming back to Australia.
23 September 2022
All importers and customs brokers who are required to lodge inspection requests to the department.
The Biosecurity Portal is currently experiencing an unplanned service disruption. As a result, clients are unable to submit new import inspection requests.
While The Portal is unavailable, clients are advised to send new inspection requests via email to one of the following email addresses.
The ‘Detecting illegal wildlife trafficking via real time tomography 3D x-ray imaging and automated algorithms’ paper by Pirotta et al.
Date of issue: 21 September 2022
Date of effect: 29 September 2022
To notify Next Export Documentation (NEXDOC) system users of a planned outage which has changed from 28 September 2022 to 29 September 2022
21 September 2022
All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who will be required to use the Post Entry Biosecurity System during this planned outage.
To support urgent system maintenance, the Post Entry Biosecurity System (PEBS) will be unavailable from 23:00 Wednesday 21 September to 01:30 Thursday 22 September 2022 (AEST).
Clients are advised to await the completion of this maintenance period before attempting to access this service.
