Food is essential to life and central to Australia’s culture and economy. Australians participate in the food system as producers, processors, sellers, and consumers.

05 March 2026

Who does this notice affect?

All clients who will be required to make an online payment during this planned outage.

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 (PEBS) during this planned outage.

Date of issue: 05 March 2026

Date of effect: 05 March 2026

Attention:

• All industry producers, exporters, supply chain participants

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that the submission timeframe has been extended for the public consultation on the draft 2026-27 exports cost recovery implementation statement (CRIS) for Non-prescribed Goods Exports, until Friday 20 March.

Date of issue: 5 March 2026

Attention:

• All meat arrangement fee-paying industry producers, exporters, supply chain participants

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that the department will host a webinar on Wednesday 11 March 2026 from 3–4 pm AEDT for the meat export industry—to discuss the draft cost recovery implementation statement (CRIS) 2026-27: meat exports.

Date of issue: 5 March 2026

Attention:

• All industry producers, exporters, supply chain participants

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that the submission timeframe has been extended for the public consultation on the draft 2026-27 exports cost recovery implementation statement (CRIS) for meat exports to Friday 20 March.

4 March 2026

Date of issue: 3 March 2026

Date of effect: Immediately

Attention:

• All industry producers, exporters, supply chain participants

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that the submission timeframe has been extended for the public consultation on the draft 2026-27 exports cost recovery implementation statement (CRIS) for dairy, seafood and egg to Friday 20 March.

Date of issue: 3 March 2026

Date of effect: Immediately

Attention:

• All industry producers, exporters, supply chain participants

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that the submission timeframe has been extended for the public consultation on the draft 2026-27 exports cost recovery implementation statement (CRIS) for dairy, seafood and egg to Friday 20 March.

Date of issue: 3 March 2026

Date of effect: Immediately

Attention:

• All industry producers, exporters, supply chain participants

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that the submission timeframe has been extended for the public consultation on the draft 2026-27 exports cost recovery implementation statement (CRIS) for dairy, seafood and egg to Friday 20 March.

Australia's high-quality sheep and wool are big business for our national economy and contribute toward the agriculture sector's goal of becoming a $100 billion industry by 2030.