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23 June 2020
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise Authorised Officers (AOs) and the horticulture industry that onshore cold treatment (OSCT) calibrations can now be recorded using PEMS.
23 June 2020
This notice is of interest to importers of uncooked prawns and associated industry participants and retailers.
From 1 July 2020, all uncooked prawns imported for human consumption must be deveined (removal of the digestive tract that remains along the dorsal ridge of each prawn to at least the last shell segment).
22 June 2020
All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment during this planned outage.
All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who will be required to use the Post Entry Biosecurity System during this planned outage.
Due to system maintenance, the Cargo Online Lodgement System and Post Entry Biosecurity System will be unavailable from 23:00 Thursday 25 June to 01:00 Friday 26 June 2020 (AEST).
Date of issue: 22 June 2020 (Re-issued 23 June 2020)
Date of effect: Immediate
Previous advice: MAA 2020-18
Attention:
Date of issue: 22 June 2020 (Re-issued 23 June 2020)
Date of effect: Immediate
Previous advice: MAA2020-08
Attention:
22 June 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 28 June 2020 (AEST).
Users are advised to frequently save any in-progress permit applications during this maintenance period.
21 June 2020
All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment during this maintenance period.
Due to planned system maintenance, the Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS) will be unavailable from 17:30 to 19:30 Sunday 21 June 2020 (AEST).
Clients are advised to await the completion of this maintenance period before attempting to access this service.
21 June 2020
All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system during this planned maintenance period.
Update: due to postponement of planned system maintenance, the services disruption to BICON has been extended until 01:00 Monday 22 June 2020 (AEST). Specific impacts are detailed below:
The BICON system will be unable to send system generated emails from 20:00 Friday 19 June to 01:00 Monday 22 June 2020 (AEST).
Date of issue: 19 June 2020
Date of effect: Immediate
Previous advice: MAA2020-07
Attention:
