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31 July 2024
Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, Master Consolidators, treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, and principal agents— associated with importing goods that require increased intervention during the BMSB risk season.
30 July 2024
All clients submitting the below declarations:
30 July 2024
All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) during this planned outage.
To support system maintenance, BICON will be unavailable from 23:00 Saturday 03 August to 03:00 Sunday 04 August 2024 (AEST).
Clients are advised to complete and submit any in-progress import permit applications prior to the commencement of this planned outage period.
Improving access to imported food safety requirements
Imported food safety requirements are now included in the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON).
The project to include imported food safety requirements in our Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON) was completed on 14 June 2025.
Importers of cheese, ready-to-eat seafoods and ready-to-eat duck, and brokers acting on their behalf.
To advise importers that the department will soon commence activities to verify Imported Food Inspection Scheme Importer Declarations.
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
29 July 2024
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that the department has commenced public consultation on options to reform export assurance for non-prescribed goods through a Have Your Say survey.
The newly established network of Sustainable Agriculture Facilitators will connect stakeholders with others in the industry and share information on sustainable agriculture practices.
