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Two travellers have received civil penalties totalling $54,000 following multiple attempts to circumvent Australia’s biosecurity laws and conceal more than 240 live fish through Melbourne International Airport.
25 September 2024
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry of upcoming updates to paper phytosanitary certificates and Request for Permits (RFPs) for horticulture and grain commodities.
On Wednesday, 9 October 2024 there will be updates made to phytosanitary certification and RFPs.
Paper phytosanitary certificates and phytosanitary certificates for re-export will be updated to include 3 new fields:
Senior Plant Pathologist Jenny Morrison has been given a remarkable accolade: a newly discovered species of fungus has been named after her.
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.
1 January 2025
Date of issue: 24 September 2024
Dates of effect: 24 September 2024
Registered dairy manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders and approved export permit issuers.
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices.
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise Next Export Documentation (NEXDOC) users of an unplanned outage.
Date of issue: 24 September 2024
Dates of effect: 24 September 2024
Registered egg manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders and approved export permit issuers.
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices.
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise Next Export Documentation (NEXDOC) users of an unplanned outage.
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.
There have been several reviews of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) and agricultural and veterinary (agvet) chemicals system in recent years:
20 September 2024
This notice affects importers of fresh horticulture produce and brokers.
Import conditions are now published on BICON for the importation of fresh passionfruit from Vietnam.
