Alerts & Changes

The department will publish import conditions for fresh table grapes from Japan. The import conditions will apply to fresh table grapes which are defined as the entire fruit with the skin, flesh, seed and a small portion of the stem. Please note: pe...

Related Cases:   Fresh grapes for human consumption

SARS-CoV-2 (the causative agent of COVID-19) has been removed as a ‘human coronavirus with pandemic potential’ under the . As a result, it is no longer considered a Listed Human Disease. Because of this change, a number of goods derived from SARS-CoV-...

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

Willow foliage (Salix spp.) The Department has conducted a technical assessment regarding the risk of Phytophthora ramorum - Sudden Oak Death (SOD) and its association with willow foliage (Salix spp.) grown and exported from the United States of Ameri...

Related Cases:   Fresh fruit and foliage for ceremonial purposes | Fresh cut flowers and foliage

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) has removed Greece and Romania from the and . Romania has also been removed from the . These lists are referenced both on active permits and in several BICON import pathways for g...

Related Cases:   Animal fluids and tissues (excluding viable reproductive material)

The department has completed an import risk review of dehydrated and pre-sterilised microbiological media, which can be viewed . The review recommends new baseline risk mitigation measures to modernise and simplify Australia’s import conditions for mic...

Related Cases:   Culture media

The interim Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC) was launched within the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care on 1 January 2024. Further information on the interim Australian CDC is available on its . Pending commencement ...

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

The Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has updated the to temporarily remove 18 rainbow fish species. The reviewed list can be found on our website. The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) is ...

Related Cases:   Live freshwater ornamental fish

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)

As per IIAN consignments of fresh cut flowers and foliage found to be infested with live insect pests have the option to be directed for onshore fumigation and release prior to pest identification by an entomologist, for the following periods in 2024:...

Related Cases:   Fresh cut flowers and foliage

Who does this notice affect: This notice is of interest to importers (and their customs brokers) of the following vegetable seeds for sowing: capsicum, carrot, parsley, parsnip, tomato, wild tomato. What has changed: The Department of Agriculture,...

Related Cases:   Capsicum spp. (requiring testing) seed for sowing | Wild tomato seed for sowing | Petroselinum crispum seed for sowing | Pastinaca sativa seed for sowing | Tomato seed for sowing | Daucus carota seed for sowing