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This page provides web links to databases which contain information on the Plant Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) established in Australia and some export markets for industries supported by the National Residue Survey (NRS).
Below this is a section for contract laboratory use, with a link to the list of test chemicals and analyte codes to use when reporting residue results.
The National Residue Survey (NRS) is a vital part of the Australian system for managing the risk of chemical residues and environmental contaminants in Australian animal and plant products.
Northern Australia’s vast, sparsely populated 10,000 kilometre coastline is the frontline for many high-risk animal and plant pests and diseases—particularly Torres Strait, whose northern islands are only a few kilometres from Papua New Guinea (PNG).
The Australian Government, in consultation with Indigenous communities and forest industry stakeholders, developed the National Indigenous Forestry Strategy PDF 
The department has designed a modern, streamlined, enhanced exports traceability system to support overseas market access for exports of agricultural products.
The program includes developing a new export documentation system (NEXDOC), modernising the existing IT system platforms of EXDOC (Export Documentation System) and enhancing the Tracking Animal Certification Exports (TRACE) system and the Plant Exports Management System (PEMS).
24 June 2019
All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment during this planned outage.
21 June 2019
All importers and customs broker who are awaiting outcomes of biosecurity assessments from the Integrated Cargo System (ICS).
An unplanned service disruption was causing messaging delays between ICS and AIMS, SAC and S-Cargo.
21 June 2019
All importers and customs broker who are awaiting outcomes of biosecurity assessments from the Integrated Cargo System (ICS).
An unplanned service disruption is preventing messaging from processing between ICS and AIMS, SAC and S-Cargo.
20 June 2019
All importers and customs broker who are awaiting outcomes of biosecurity assessments from the Integrated Cargo System (ICS).
An unplanned service disruption was causing messaging delays between ICS and AIMS, SAC and S-Cargo.
17 June 2019
This notice is of interest to importers (and their customs brokers) of fresh pomegranates from the United States of America.
