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20 March 2026
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify all Plant Exports Management System (PEMS) users, including plant export clients, exporters and authorised officers, of an outage to the PEMS system due to a production upgrade.
Date of issue: 20 March 2026
Date of effect: Immediate
Reference Number: MAA 2026-01
The information provided in the documents attached is current at the time of writing and is intended for use as guidance only and should not be taken as definitive or exhaustive. The Commonwealth endeavours to keep information current and accurate, however, it may be subject to change without notice. Exporters are encouraged to verify all details with their importers prior to undertaking production/exports. The Commonwealth will not accept liability for any loss resulting from reliance on information contained in the notices.
19 March 2026
All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who will be required to use the Post Entry Biosecurity System during this planned maintenance period.
All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required to report pre-arrival information during this planned maintenance period.
To support a system release, there will be a scheduled service disruption (service degradation) to the following systems between 23:00 to 23:45 Sunday 22 March 2026 (AEDT).
Date of issue: 19 March 2026
Date of effect: Immediate
Related MAAs: N/A
Date of issue: 19 March 2026
Date of effect: Immediate
Related MAAs: N/A
The information provided in the documents attached is current at the time of writing and is intended for use as guidance only and should not be taken as definitive or exhaustive. The Commonwealth endeavours to keep information current and accurate, however, it may be subject to change without notice. Exporters are encouraged to verify all details with their importers prior to undertaking production/exports. The Commonwealth will not accept liability for any loss resulting from reliance on information contained in the notices.
Date of issue: 19 March 2026
Date of effect: Immediate
Related MAAs: N/A
Date of issue: 17 March 2026
Date of effect: 16 March 2027
Related MAAs: MAA2019-04
Industries—Industry bodies – Dairy Australia – Infant Nutrition Council
Australian State Regulatory Authorities
Export dairy establishments
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry — Central and Regional offices
AEPI and NEXDOC users
To notify exporters of new labelling requirements for dairy and other pre-packaged goods to China.
