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120-2020 – Requirement to notify of COVID-19 cases

24 July 2020

Who does this notice affect?

All biosecurity industry participants and food importers who have premises that departmental officers may attend (for inspections, audits, surveillance or other purposes).

What has changed?

Biosecurity industry participants and food importers are being requested to notify the department if any of their staff (or visitors to their premises) test positive for COVID-19. The notification point is the department’s agriccc@aff.gov.au inbox.

119-2020 – 2020-21 Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) Safeguarding Arrangements Scheme

23 July 2020

Who does this notice affect?

Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principle agents and master consolidators—associated with importing goods that require increased intervention during the 2020-21 BMSB risk season.

118-2020 – Service Disruption: From 16:00 to 23:59 Sunday 26 July 2020 (AEST) - BICON

20 July 2020

Who does this notice affect?

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

Information

Due to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, BICON users may experience several intermittent outages from 16:00 to 23:59 on Sunday 26 July 2020 (AEST).

Action

Users are advised to frequently save any in-progress permit applications during this maintenance period.

2020-45 - Horticulture Exports – Release of the protocol and work plan for exports of cherries from the mainland to the Republic of Korea

20 July 2020

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry and Authorised Officers (AOs) of the release of a new protocol and work plan for mainland cherry exports to the Republic of Korea.

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