Alerts & Changes

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is enhancing the enforceability of standard import permit conditions for farmed finfish from Taiwan and the Philippines for human consumption. The current biosecurity measures for farmed finfish fr...

Related Cases:   Fish including fish caviar, fish roe, fish viscera and fish maw (excluding salmonid fish)

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is enhancing the enforceability of standard import permit conditions for unretorted foie gras from France. The current biosecurity measures for unretorted foie gras from France include that: • Th...

Related Cases:   Unretorted meat

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) has developed specific conditions for the following goods into the External Territories of Norfolk Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island : 1. 2. Importers wishin...

Related Cases:   Fresh cut flowers and foliage into the Australian external territories | Importing goods into the Australian external territories | Fresh produce for human consumption into the Australian external territories

Review of standard list of microorganisms and infectious agents: The standard laboratory microorganisms and infectious agents list is a list of 200 taxa commonly imported for laboratory use. These microorganisms and infectious agents may be used in vi...

Related Cases:   Microorganisms and infectious agents (and derivatives) | Cell lines | Low risk genetic material (nucleic acids and their derivatives) relating to plants or plant research | Animal fluids and tissues (excluding viable reproductive material) | Genetic material (nucleic acids and their derivatives) excluding plants and plant pathogens | Laboratory materials

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) has added 17 genera to the . Background: In 2020 the Lactobacillus genus was split into 25 genera, 23 of which are novel. Policy advice was provided for seven genera that were ...

Related Cases:   Starter cultures (and derivatives) | Microorganisms and infectious agents (and derivatives)

The interim Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC) launched on 1 January 2024, and is presently located within the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care. The CDC will be established in a phased approach, pending a decision from Governmen...

Related Cases:   Human fluids and tissues | Purified antibodies | Microorganisms and infectious agents (and derivatives) | Genetic material (nucleic acids and their derivatives) excluding plants and plant pathogens | Laboratory materials

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has reinstated import conditions for table eggs from New Zealand, as New Zealand has regained freedom from infectious bursal disease. Import conditions are now available for table eggs derived fr...

Related Cases:   Egg and egg products

Festuca trachyphylla has been added to the ‘Birdseed’, ‘Permitted seed for sowing’ and ‘Raw seed for human consumption’ BICON cases, as the department has assessed that this species is a synonym of Festuca brevipila which falls under these BICON cases....

Related Cases:   Birdseed | Raw seed for human consumption | Permitted seed for sowing

The department has removed specific testing requirements for Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid on tomato seed for sowing. PCR testing for Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid is no longer a requirement for import of tomato seed for sowing. Variation of import p...

Related Cases:   Tomato seed for sowing

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is enhancing the enforceability of standard import permit conditions for bee pollen in fully finished and retail packaged capsules and tablets, for human consumption and human therapeutic use. The...

Related Cases:   Bee products