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Every day our biosecurity team members make a meaningful impact safeguarding our way of life, protecting our agricultural industries, animals, plants and the health and wellbeing of our country.
284-2024: Commencement of the DAFF Maritime Waste Recycling Pilot (DMWRP)
2 December 2024
Who does this notice affect?
All vessel owners, operators, masters and shipping agents who represent international commercial and cruise vessels arriving in Australian territory.
What has changed?
Currently all waste discharged from international vessels is managed as biosecurity waste and subject to disposal under a DAFF Approved Arrangement for biosecurity waste management.
From 1 December 2024, commercial and cruise vessel operators can volunteer to participate in the DAFF Maritime Waste Recycling Pilot (DMWRP).
New animal welfare standards in Vietnam
Meat & Livestock Australia and LiveCorp
Vietnam is Australia’s second-largest live export market for beef cattle and has imported almost 2 million head in the last decade.
Inclusion of imported food safety requirements into BICON
Our Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON) was built to manage biosecurity import conditions for over 20,000 products, including plant, animal, mineral, and biological goods.
Updates from the Special Representative for Australian Agriculture
The Special Representative is passionate about Australian agriculture and believes we produce some of the best agricultural products in the world in our own unique environment.
Her role is to promote this internationally, demonstrating our production practices to trading partners and advocating for a no-one-size-fits-all approach to climate-smart sustainable agriculture policy.
2024 Australian Biosecurity Award winners
The winners of the 2024 Australian Biosecurity Awards were announced at a ceremony at Australian Parliament House on 25 November 2024.
Failing Food Report – October 2024
This report lists food that has recently failed under the Imported Food Inspection Scheme (IFIS).
Data for the fails in this report and previous reports are available from this link - Imported Food Inspection Scheme - monthly failing food reports - Dataset - data.gov.au
Australia New Zealand Biosecurity Cooperation Meeting (ANZBC) Meeting 20
Joint Communiqué
14-15 November 2024, Melbourne, Australia
Officials from the Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) and the New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (NZ MPI) met face-to-face on 14-15 November 2024 for the twentieth meeting of the Australia New Zealand Biosecurity Cooperation (ANZBC).
Australian Chief Plant Protection Officer International Engagement
Collaboration with other countries both directly and through international forums is an integral component of the work of the Australian Chief Plant Protection Office (ACPPO), as part of the department’s approach to maintaining our international r