Alerts & Changes
Alerts and Changes provide information about notices or changes to import conditions. You can keep informed with these notices by following individual import cases.
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Removal of freedom of disease attestation for avian fluids and tissues imported from New Zealand
Effective from 10 December 2024
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has been notified that New Zealand has had an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H7N6 strain.
In response to this outbreak, the department will be removing permit conditions requ...
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Animal fluids and tissues (excluding viable reproductive material)
Revised conditions for Rosa canina and Rosa rugosa to manage the risk of fire blight
Effective from 27 November 2024
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) has identified that the National Priority Plant Pest (Erwinia amylovora), a regulated quarantine pest, is associated with Rosa canina and Rosa rugosa. Accordingly, these species an...
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Rosa spp. for use as nursery stock
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Rosa canina and Rosa rugosa for use as nursery stock
Streamlining import conditions for highly processed plant products not for human consumption
Effective from 21 November 2024
Import conditions previously restricted imports to only highly processed soybean and/or corn products not for human consumption. The BICON case included import questions for package weight and the import conditions mandated onshore inspection to confir...
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Highly processed plant products not for human consumption
Upcoming changes to the Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) Free and Bovine Fluids and Tissues Country lists
Effective from 15 November 2024
The department has been notified that Japan has had an outbreak of Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD). As such, the department no longer recognises Japan as free from LSD.
Consequently, Japan will be removed from the and the list of .
The department will ...
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Dairy
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Animal fluids and tissues (excluding viable reproductive material)
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Unretorted meat
Addition of AUST R human vaccines onto the Compliance-Based Intervention Scheme (CBIS)
Effective from 4 November 2024
The department is expanding the onto document-controlled pathways, commencing with a trial on herbal tea bags () and AUST R human vaccines.
CBIS will manage the biosecurity document assessment rate of consignment lines of Australian registered () hum...
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Human therapeutics and medicines
Expanding the Compliance-Based Intervention Scheme (CBIS) onto document-controlled pathways
Effective from 31 October 2024
Herbal tea bags will be managed on the CBIS under a new documentation trial
The department is expanding CBIS onto document-controlled pathways, commencing with the trial on herbal tea bags. The trial will focus on the outcome of the document assessmen...
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Tea for human consumption
Commencement of 2024–2025 Burnt Pine Longicorn flight season
Effective from 31 October 2024
The Ministry of Primary Industries New Zealand has notified the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry on the commencement of the 2024–2025 Burnt Pine Longicorn beetle (Arhopalus ferus ) flight season.
The 2024–2025 flight season of the B...
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Timber and timber products imported from New Zealand during Burnt Pine Longicorn (BPL) flight season
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Logs, log cabins and oversize timber
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Timber and timber products
Implementation of identity checks for cats and dogs imported from the United Kingdom
Effective from 29 October 2024
From 4 November 2024, importers from the United Kingdom (UK) will be able to have their pet’s identity verified by an official veterinarian that holds an OV66 Authorisation.
What does this mean for importers?
The Department of Agriculture, Fisherie...
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Assistance dogs
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Domestic dogs
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Domestic cats
Recognition of San Marino as being free of FMD, LSD and sheep and goat pox
Effective from 25 October 2024
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has officially recognised that San Marino is free of foot and mouth disease (FMD), lumpy skin disease (LSD) and sheep and goat pox.
As part of this recognition, the department has added the San ...
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Dairy
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Animal fluids and tissues (excluding viable reproductive material)
Immediate changes to accepted Turkish testing providers for imported seed for sowing
Effective from 27 September 2024
Effective immediately, the department has suspended the acceptance of seed testing results issued by any laboratory in the Republic of Türkiye for any seed for sowing imports into Australia.
Following a review, there have been concerns raised regard...
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Tomato seed for sowing
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Capsicum spp. (requiring testing) seed for sowing
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Wild tomato seed for sowing
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Cucumis sativus seed for sowing
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Cucurbita maxima seed for sowing
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Lagenaria siceraria seed for sowing
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Trichosanthes cucumerina seed for sowing
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Cucurbita moschata seed for sowing
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Citrullus lanatus seed for sowing
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Cucurbita pepo seed for sowing
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Cucumis melo seed for sowing