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Enhancing the enforceability of import permit conditions for farmed finfish for human consumption
Effective from 29 March 2024
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...
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Fish including fish caviar, fish roe, fish viscera and fish maw (excluding salmonid fish)
Enhancing the enforceability of import permit conditions for unretorted foie gras from France
Effective from 27 March 2024
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
New commodity cases for fresh produce and fresh cut flowers and foliage
Effective from 22 March 2024
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 :
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Importers wishin...
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Importing goods into the Australian External Territories
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Fresh produce for human consumption imported into Australian external territories
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Fresh cut flowers and foliage for import into Australian external territories
Updates for whole seed handicrafts made from Aleurites, Fagreae and Pandanus spp.
Effective from 20 March 2024
The 'Plant fibre products and seed handicrafts' BICON case has been updated to require inspection only for whole seed handicrafts made from Aleurites, Fagreae and Pandanus species.
Imported seed handcrafts made from or containing whole seeds for these...
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Plant fibre products and seed handicrafts
Changes to the import conditions for table eggs from New Zealand
Effective from 14 March 2024
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...
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Egg and egg products
Addition of Festuca trachyphylla to various cases
Effective from 13 March 2024
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:
Permitted seed for sowing
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Birdseed
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Raw seed for human consumption
Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid deregulation in tomato seed for sowing
Effective from 12 March 2024
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...
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Tomato seed for sowing
Import conditions developed for returning Australian inorganic products
Effective from 7 March 2024
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (department) has developed import conditions for returning Australian products derived from inorganic ingredients.
The addition of the inorganic products pathway to the Biosecurity Import Conditi...
Related Cases:
Returning Australian products
Enhancing the enforceability of permits for heat treated bee pollen capsules/tablets for human use
Effective from 7 March 2024
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
Addition of Plinia cauliflora to various BICON cases
Effective from 7 March 2024
Plinia cauliflora has been added to the ‘Guava rust hosts for use as nursery stock’ and ‘Myrtaceae seed for sowing’ BICON cases, as the department has assessed that this species is a synonym of Myrciaria cauliflora which falls under these BICON cases.
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Related Cases:
Myrtaceae seed for sowing
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Guava rust hosts for use as nursery stock