Sheep and goat eID National Implementation Plan
Updated May 2025
Implementing individual electronic identification (eID) for sheep and goats is a national effort. Information provided through the national Sheep and Goat Traceability Task Force is shared to help coordinate the national effort.
Australian Capital Territory
Implementation dates
1 January 2025
IAN 2024-38: NEXDOC – unplanned outage
Date of issue: 24 September 2024
Dates of effect: 24 September 2024
Attention:
Registered dairy manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders and approved export permit issuers.
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices.
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise Next Export Documentation (NEXDOC) users of an unplanned outage.
IAN 2024-37: NEXDOC – unplanned outage
Date of issue: 24 September 2024
Dates of effect: 24 September 2024
Attention:
Registered egg manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders and approved export permit issuers.
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices.
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise Next Export Documentation (NEXDOC) users of an unplanned outage.
Australian agriculture promoted at Indian showcase
A delegation of Australian agricultural representatives was in New Delhi last week fostering deeper ties with local food processors and promoting complementary links at a showcase of India’s food processing sector.
209-2024: Scheduled Service Disruption: Friday 27 September to Sunday 29 September 2024 – BICON, DAFF messaging, SeaPest
23 September 2024
Who does this notice affect?
All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) during this planned maintenance period.
All clients submitting the below declarations:
- Full Import Declaration (FID)
- Long Form Self Assessed Clearance (LFSAC)
- Short Form Self Assessed Clearance (SFSAC)
- Cargo Report Self Assessed Clearance (CRSAC)
- Cargo Report Personal Effects (PE)
All users of the Seasonal Pests (SeaPest) system.
208-2024: Services Restored: Monday 23 September 2024 – Biosecurity Portal
23 September 2024
Who does this notice affect?
Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who are required to book and manage requests for inspections through the Biosecurity Portal using the ‘Sign in with your digital ID’ (myID) pathway.
Information
Restored time:
As of: 14:30 Monday 23 September 2024 (AEST).
Detail:
207-2024: Unplanned Service Disruption: Monday 23 September 2024 – Biosecurity Portal
23 September 2024
Who does this notice affect?
Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who are required to book and manage requests for inspections through the Biosecurity Portal using the ‘Sign in with your digital ID’ (myID) pathway.
Information
Start time:
As of: 20:05 Friday 20 September 2024 (AEST).
Detail:
205-2024: Unplanned Service Disruption: Monday 23 September 2024 – COLS
Monday 23 September 2024
Who does this notice affect?
All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment.
Information
Start time:
As of 09:05 Monday 23 September 2024 (AEST).
The Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS) is currently experiencing an unplanned service disruption. As a result, clients are unable to lodge new lodgements.
Action
This issue is being investigated as a priority and the department will advise once resolved.
27th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems (CCFICS27)
Australia hosted and chaired the 27th Session of the CCFICS from 16-20 September 2024 in Cairns, Queensland.
Detailed response to the Rapid Evaluation of the APVMA’s structure and governance and other reviews
There have been several reviews of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) and agricultural and veterinary (agvet) chemicals system in recent years: