Alerts & Changes

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has made changes to the import conditions for egg and egg products for human consumption and all end uses other than animal consumption, bioremediation agents or fertilisers, growing purposes, or ve...

Related Cases:   Egg and egg products

On 01 February 2024 the following changes were made to the Synthetic material BICON case: Consignments of synthetic material will now need to provide either: • Evidence that the goods are not genetic material (including but not limited to synthetic g...

Related Cases:   Synthetic material

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has created a new standard permit for the import of animal fluids and tissues and laboratory materials that will be treated onshore with ionising radiation to a level that achieves a minimum absorbe...

Related Cases:   Laboratory materials

All countries will now be permitted to import cooked breadfruit for personal and non-personal use pathways. The phytosanitary requirement for cooked breadfruit will be removed. Cooked breadfruit imported for personal use as air passenger baggage will b...

Related Cases:   Cooked fruit and vegetables for human consumption

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) has removed the need for an import permit for the import of Papaver somniferum seed for human consumption. Permit holders: Permit holders with active permits will be contacted b...

Related Cases:   Papaver somniferum seed for human consumption

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) has completed a review of BICON conditions for Carissa spp. imported as nursery stock. A number of species within the genus Carissa have been permitted under both the ‘Xylella fast...

Related Cases:   Tropical and temperate species that are hosts of Xylella fastidiosa for use as nursery stock | Xylella fastidiosa hosts for use as nursery stock

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (department) has developed import permit conditions for eviscerated thermally treated Ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis) from Japan. The commodity case “Salmonid fish for human consumption” has been updat...

Related Cases:   Salmonid fish for human consumption

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has completed a Weed Risk Assessment for the species Anthurium kunayalense and has determined this species is permitted as it poses a low weed risk to Australia. As a result of the Weed Risk Assessm...

Related Cases:   Medium risk plants for use as nursery stock

Nepenthes beccariana and Rubus strigosus have been added to the ‘Permitted seed for sowing’, ‘Raw seed for human consumption’ and ‘Birdseed’ BICON cases. The department has assessed that these species are synonyms of Nepenthes mirabilis and Rubus idaeu...

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

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) has identified that Apple dimple fruit viroid, a regulated quarantine pest, is associated with Ficus carica. This viroid is not reported in Australia and is already regulated on a r...

Related Cases:   Ficus carica for use as nursery stock