24 April 2025

Purpose

To inform stakeholders of the change in requirements for the post-mortem inspection of beef masticatory muscles produced for export in United States of America (USA) listed establishments. 

Key Points

This advice applies to establishments listed for beef for the United States of America (USA). This advice does NOT apply to beef produced for the European Union (EU), United Kingdom (UK), or Switzerland markets.

Publication details

Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry, April 2025

This document outlines the department's operational requirements to ensure the suitability of livestock and wild game processed at export-registered establishments for human consumption.

This document supplements both the Approved arrangement guidelines - for Meat and wild game and is supported by underlying Export meat operational reference documents.

Guideline

Note: This list displays current notices only.​​

This report lists food that has recently failed under the Imported Food Inspection Scheme (IFIS). 

Data for the fails in this report and previous reports are available from this link - Imported Food Inspection Scheme - monthly failing food reports - Dataset - data.gov.au

17 April 2025

Who does this notice affect?

Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, offshore treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principal agents and master consolidators.

What has changed?

Following the identification of biosecurity concerns, we have listed COSMOS Pest Control Services (AEI: AE0010TP) as ‘under review’ on the List of unregistered providers.

17 April 2025

Who does this notice affect?

All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) during this planned maintenance period.

All clients submitting the below declarations:

• Full Import Declaration (FID)
• Long Form Self Assessed Clearance (LFSAC)
• Short Form Self Assessed Clearance (SFSAC)
• Cargo Report Self Assessed Clearance (CRSAC)
• Cargo Report Personal Effects (PE)
• Master Consolidator Declaration Forms

All users of the Seasonal Pests (SeaPest) system.

17 April 2025

Who does this notice affect?

This notice is relevant to importers of tomato and capsicum seed for sowing from all countries, as well as their custom brokers.

What is changing?

The Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry have commenced a review of Australia’s policies for testing tomato and capsicum seed, initially focusing on Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) and Tomato mottle mosaic virus (ToMMV).

17 April 2025

Who does this notice affect?

Biosecurity industry participants and accredited persons operating under Approved Arrangement Class 19, including self-reporting importers, who are interested in attending an information session on the upcoming release of new industry reporting via the Biosecurity Portal.

What has changed?

The department will soon provide two additional reports to industry through the Biosecurity Portal for all accredited persons operating under Approved Arrangement Class 19. These reports cover:

16 April 2025

Who does this notice affect?

Importers and brokers of:

Date of issue: 15 April 2025

Date of effect: 31 March 2025

Attention:

Exporters of Other Goods (processed foods, ingredients, beverages, vitamins and supplements, cosmetics and personal care products, animal feed (non-meat derived), fertilisers, shells), agents and freight forwarders.

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices.