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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.

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.

MAA 2024-23: Egg and egg products: All Markets: Avian influenza market access issues update #9 – High pathogenicity avian influenza - certification updates for multiple markets

Date of issue: 12 July 2024

Date of effect: Immediate

Related MAAs: 2024-08, 2024-10, 2024-12, 2024-13, 2024-15, 2024-16, 2024-18, 2024-20, 2024-22

2024-43: Plant Export Operations – Export systems expected maintenance outage

12 July 2024

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify all Export Documentation system (EXDOC) and Plant Export Management System (PEMS) users, including plant export clients, exporters and authorised officers of expected system updates and associated outages.

Summary of changes and key points

Due to system updates and maintenance outages, EXDOC and PEMS will be unavailable during the following period:

  • Sunday 14 July 2024 – 8.00pm – 12.00am (AEST)

During the system outage window users will:

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