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If your livestock are showing signs of foot-and-mouth disease, immediately call the
Emergency Animal Disease Hotline on 1800 675 888
(free call within Australia)
This section provides a wide range of additional foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) resources and links from various organisations including practical tools, videos, fact sheets, posters and more.
If your livestock are showing signs of foot-and-mouth disease, immediately call the
Emergency Animal Disease Hotline on 1800 675 888
(free call within Australia)
Livestock producers must be alert for signs of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in their animals regardless of where they are in Australia. Know what symptoms to look for and keep the reporting hotline (above) handy. Use the information and links on this page to prepare your property and protect your animals.
If your livestock are showing signs of foot-and-mouth disease, immediately call the
Emergency Animal Disease Hotline on 1800 675 888
(free call within Australia)
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a serious threat to Australia’s animal health and trade. Livestock workers, producers, and large animal vets need to know the signs of FMD and report suspected infection.
Date of effect: 20 July 2022
Cheese importers
To advise cheese importers of a certification arrangement signed with the United Kingdom for the export of raw milk cheese to Australia.
20 July 2022
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify stakeholders of updates to the Export Documentation System (EXDOC).
19 July 2022
Importers of cork and cork products (and their customs brokers).
Upcoming changes to the Biosecurity (Conditionally Non-prohibited Goods) Determination 2021 (Goods Determination) will be made for cork and cork products. This is part of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department’s) ongoing review of the currency and effectiveness of import conditions and the appropriate application of import permits to manage biosecurity risk appropriately.
This report lists food that has failed under the Imported Food Inspection Scheme (IFIS).
Data set - Importing Food Inspection Scheme - monthly failing food reports
18 July 2022
All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system during this planned maintenance period.
Due to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, BICON users may experience several intermittent outages from 16:00 to 23:59 Sunday 24 July 2022 (AEST).
Users are advised to frequently save any in-progress permit applications during this maintenance period.
The regulation that applies to you will depend on the role you play in the export process. Please be aware that you can have more than one role.
Date of effect: 11 July 2022
Importers of berries and pomegranate arils, and brokers acting on their behalf.
To provide importers with further information about the changes to import requirements for ready-to-eat fresh and frozen berries and pomegranate arils.
