Alerts & Changes

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) has completed a Weed Risk Assessment for the species Rabdosia effusa and its accepted name Isodon effusus. The assessment has determined these species are permitted as they pose a l...

Related Cases:   Xylella fastidiosa hosts for use as nursery stock

Import conditions for fresh decrowned pineapples from Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Taiwan have been restructured to align with current conventions. A common table outlining the biosecurity pests of concern and the required off...

Related Cases:   Fresh pineapple for human consumption

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) has completed a review of the import conditions for the following commodities: • amphibians • ferrets • invertebrates (aquatic and terrestrial) • rats and mice embryos, semen an...

Related Cases:   Live animals and their reproductive material for laboratory use

Chambeyronia magnifica has been added to the ‘Arecaceae (palms) for use as nursery stock’, ‘Palm seed for sowing’, ‘Raw seed for human consumption’ and ‘Birdseed’ BICON cases as the department has assessed that this species is a synonym of Kentiopsis m...

Related Cases:   Arecaceae (palms) for use as nursery stock | Palm seed for sowing | Birdseed | Raw seed for human consumption

Ixora margaretae has been added to the ‘Xylella fastidiosa hosts for use as nursery stock’, ‘Permitted seed for sowing’, ‘Raw seed for human consumption’ and ‘Birdseed’ BICON cases as the department has assessed that this species is a synonym of Captai...

Related Cases:   Birdseed | Permitted seed for sowing | Raw seed for human consumption | Xylella fastidiosa hosts for use as nursery stock

Effective immediately, testing for Taro bacilliform CH virus will no longer be carried out on imported Colocasia nursery stock during the post-entry quarantine period. This change is being implemented as the department has determined that Taro bacil...

Related Cases:   Colocasia spp. for use as nursery stock

A new import pathway has been implemented to facilitate the import of medicinal cannabis plant parts other than seed products. In the situation that the product cannot meet the standard import conditions (i.e. phytosanitary inspection and certification...

Related Cases:   Hemp seed and hemp products (Cannabis spp.)

Import conditions are now published on BICON for the importation of fresh chilli fruit from Fiji (except the Island of Rotuma). Three (3) varieties of chilli fruit from Fiji are permitted to be imported into Australia – bird’s eye, hot rod and red fire...

Related Cases:   Fresh Solanaceous fruit for human consumption

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