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Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, April 2023
This coversheet may be submitted alongside documentation for seed for planting consignments.
Use of the coversheet is voluntary and is intended to streamline the document assessment process. The coversheet will assist importers to:
1 December 2021
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise the carrot industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses to export to Taiwan for the 2022 season.
Date of issue: 1 December 2021
Date of effect: 7 December 2021
Reference Number: MAA2021-21
Related MAAs: NPG MAA 2021-09 and 2021-10
Date of issue: 1 December 2021
Date of effect: 7 December 2021
Reference Number: MAA2021-47
Related MAAs: Dairy MAA 2021-30 and 2021-33
Date of effect: 01 December 2021
Importers and brokers acting on behalf of importers.
To advise importers and brokers that the Imported Food Control Order 2019 was amended on 01 December 2021.
An import permit issued by the Department of Health is required to import kava into Australia. Check guidance on completing applications for a permit.
Refer to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for further information about Australia’s kava pilot and fact sheets on import requirements.
Date of issue: 1 December 2021
Date of effect: 7 December 2021
Reference Number: MAA2021-27
Related MAAs: Fish MAA 2021-16 and 2021-18
30 November 2021
This notice is of interest to importers of salmonid products and associated industry participants and retailers.
This notice is to inform industry that the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has approved Estonia as a processing country for salmon and salmonid products.
Please note: This new approval is only for product processed in Estonia. Estonia is not currently approved as a source country for salmon products.
Authors: Kevin Burns, Shujia (Charlie) Qin and Trish Gleeson
Over $23 million is being invested through the Future Drought Fund in 26 projects focusing on drought resilient land management practices that will help Australia’s farmers prepare for and recover quicker from drought.
The purpose of this program is to demonstrate practices at a broad scale that will make our agricultural land more resilient to future droughts.
The 26 projects were assessed through a competitive grant process that opened in late 2021.
