2022-10: NEXDOC planned outage update - 29 September 2022 - honey and apiculture products
Date of issue: 21 September 2022
Date of effect: 29 September 2022
Main site content
Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting
Friday 9 September 2022
Animal health policies
Animal Health Committee’s key animal health policies. These are developed by AHC Member and Observer organisations and endorsed by AHC.
175-2022: Service Disruption: Sunday 25 September 2022 - BICON
19 September 2022
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 users may experience several intermittent outages from 16:00 to 23:59 Sunday 25 September 2022 (AEST).
Action
Users are advised to frequently save any in-progress permit applications during this maintenance period.
174-2022: Scheduled Outage: Friday 23 September to Saturday 24 September 2022 – MARS
19 September 2022
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 infrastructure maintenance, the Maritime and Aircraft Reporting System (MARS) will be unavailable from 23:00 Friday 23 September to 02:00 Saturday 24 September 2022 (AEST).
Action
Clients are advised to await the completion of this maintenance period before attempting to access this service.
2022-60 - Business Systems Program – Manual of importing country requirements user survey 2022
19 September 2022
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to invite exporters and industry groups to share feedback on the Manual of importing country requirements (Micor) site via a user survey.
2022-59 - Plant Export Operations – Updated application process for registration of food processing and storage facilities handling food products for export to China
19 September 2022
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise of updates to the application process for registration of food processing and storage facilities handling plant products intending to export to China.
2022-30: China: Dairy: China Import Food Enterprise Registration (CIFER) System
Date of issue: 16 September 2022
Date of effect: Immediate
Purpose
Do you hold a current listing for China and manufacture or process milk and milk products or infant formula that may be exported to China?
New requirements for milk and milk products and infant formula to be exported to China.
This Market Access Advice (MAA) is for export registered establishments who hold a current listing for China for milk and milk products or infant formula that are exported to China.
Review of live sheep exports by sea during the Northern Hemisphere summer: release of final report
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has completed its review of live sheep exported by sea to, or through, the Middle East during the Northern Hemisphere summer (1 May to 31 October).
Australian Standards for the Export of Livestock updates
The Australian Standards for the Export of Livestock (ASEL) outlines the minimum animal health and welfare conditions that exporters must meet when exporting livestock. The current version that exporters must comply with is ASEL 3.3, which commenced on 30 November 2023.