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Pest profile: Varroa mite

Varroa mites (Varroa destructor and Varroa jacobsoni) are tiny red-brown external parasites of the European honey bee (Apis mellifera) and are about the size of a sesame seed.

155-2024: Services Restored: Thursday 18 July 2024 – PEBS

18 July 2024

Who does this notice affect?

All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who are required to use the Post Entry Biosecurity System.

Information

Resolved time:

As of: 11:40 Thursday 18 July 2024 (AEST).

Detail

The unplanned service disruption to the Post Entry Biosecurity System (PEBS) has been resolved.

The backlog of invoices is now processing.

Action

No action required. The department apologises for any inconvenience caused.

IAN 2024-24: NEXDOC – planned outage

Date of issue: 18 July 2024

Date of effect: 20 July 2024

Attention:

Registered eggs exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders, approved export permit issuers.

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices.

Purpose

The Department of Home Affairs has notified the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) of an outage to the Integrated Cargo System (ICS) which will impact the Next Export Documentation (NEXDOC) system.

IAN 2024-27: NEXDOC – planned outage

Date of issue: 18 July 2024

Date of effect: 20 July 2024

Attention:

Registered dairy exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders, approved export permit issuers.

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices.

Purpose

The Department of Home Affairs has notified the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) of an outage to the Integrated Cargo System (ICS) which will impact the Next Export Documentation (NEXDOC) system.

2024-44: Horticulture – End of winter window pathways (1 September 2024) for cucurbit exports to New Zealand

18 July 2024

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise stakeholders of the upcoming closure of the 2024 winter window arrangements for the export of cucurbits to New Zealand and the registration and accreditation requirements for continuing exports of cucurbits after 1 September 2024.

153-2024: Unplanned Service Disruption: Wednesday 17 July 2024 – PEBS

17 July 2024

Who does this notice affect?

All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who are required to use the Post Entry Biosecurity System.

Information

Start time

As of: 08:43 Wednesday 17 July 2024 (AEST).

Detail

The Post Entry Biosecurity System (PEBS) is currently experiencing an unplanned service disruption. Clients are currently not receiving their tax invoices after paying for Post Entry Quarantine (PEQ) bookings.

152-2024: Urgent Scheduled Outage: Tuesday 16 July – Wednesday 17 July 2024 –BICON, DAFF messaging, MARS, SeaPest

16 July 2024

Who does this notice affect?

All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system during this planned maintenance period.

All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required to report pre-arrival information during this planned maintenance period.

All users of the Seasonal Pests (SeaPest) system.

All clients submitting the below declarations:

151-2024: Scheduled Outage: Friday 19 July to Saturday 20 July 2024 – Biosecurity Portal

16 July 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.

Information

Due to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, the Biosecurity Portal will be unavailable from 20:00 Friday 19 July to 06:30 Saturday 20 July 2024 (AEST).

Action

Clients are advised to await the completion of this maintenance period before attempting to access this service.

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