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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has engaged with the organics sector on how to improve Australia’s domestic organic regulatory framework. This included consideration of potential regulatory and non-regulatory options for reform, with a view to better understanding the sector, supporting industry growth, and improving consumer confidence.
15 December 2020
All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who are required to report pre-arrival information.
All importers and customs brokers who are required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment.
All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who are required to use the Post Entry Biosecurity System.
15 December 2020
All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who are required to report pre-arrival information.
All importers and customs brokers who are required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment.
All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who are required to use the Post Entry Biosecurity System.
15 December 2020
All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system.
The unplanned outage to the Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system has been resolved.
No action required. The department apologises for any inconvenience caused.
15 December 2020
All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system.
An unplanned outage is preventing clients from accessing the Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system.
The department is investigating the issue as a high priority and apologises for any inconvenience caused.
If you have any concerns or questions please contact us at Information.
Date of issue: 15 December 2020
Date of effect: 29 January 2021
Reference Number: MAA2020-15
14 December 2020
All importers of dried finfish, including imports of whole fish and gilled and gutted fish.
Imports of all dried, non-frozen finfish must be inspected prior to release from biosecurity control. This includes whole and partially processed dried, non-frozen fish.
15 December 2020
This notice is of interest to importers (and their customs brokers) of the following apiaceous seed species (including their synonyms) imported for human consumption and sowing purposes:
14 December 2020
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise exporters that from 1 March 2021, some plant products destined for India will require a government-issued non-genetically modified (non-GM) certificate.
14 December 2020
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 on Sunday 20 December 2020 (AEDT).
Users are advised to frequently save any in-progress permit applications during this maintenance period.
