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21 March 2025
This notice affects all importers who intend to import dog semen into Australia and officers who assess documentation to support the importation of these animals.
20 March 2025
All importers and customs brokers who lodge imported cargo eligible under the Highly Compliant Importer Project (HCIP).
The highly compliant importer project (HCIP), implemented in July 2018, is an initiative to reduce intervention for compliant importers and ensure departmental resources are focused on high-risk priorities. The following import industry advice notices have been published in relation to the project:
Date of issue: 20 March 2025
Dates of effect: 7 April 2025
Exporters of Other Goods (processed foods, ingredients, beverages, vitamins and supplements, cosmetics and personal care products, animal feed (non-meat derived), fertilisers, shells), agents and freight forwarders.
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices.
18 March 2025
Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, offshore treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principal agents and master consolidators.
Following identification of critical non-compliance, we have suspended Arda Lashing Survey International Inspection, Port Services, Shipping Agency CO, LTD (AEI: TR4018SB) from AusTreat.
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PLANT PEST
14 March 2025
Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who are required to book and manage requests for inspections via the Biosecurity Portal.
Approved arrangements operators who will be required to view and/or update details of their Approved Arrangement via the Approved Arrangement Management Product (AAMP).
On 8 February 2025, Agriculture Victoria confirmed a new outbreak of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) H7N8 in northern Victoria. Laboratory testing has confirmed that the HPAI H7N8 virus is genetically related to strains detected in wild birds in Australia, but different from the strains detected and eradicated in Victoria, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory in 2024.
Cam and Bianca Schultz are no strangers to the highs and lows of farming.
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
