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Import conditions for fresh chilli fruit from Fiji to be published on 1 April 2024
Effective from 13 March 2024
On 1 April 2024, the department will publish import conditions on BICON for fresh chilli fruit from Fiji. Only three varieties of chilli fruit from Fiji will be permitted to be imported into Australia – bird’s eye, hot rod and red fire.
The import c...
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Fresh Solanaceous fruit 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...
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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...
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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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Myrtaceae seed for sowing
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Guava rust hosts for use as nursery stock
Changes to guinea pigs for laboratory use
Effective from 6 March 2024
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) has reviewed import conditions for live guinea pigs for laboratory use and reformatted the conditions for this commodity. The updates to the existing pathway will help to clarify im...
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Live animals and their reproductive material for laboratory use
Proposed permit pathway for medicinal cannabis plant parts other than seed
Effective from 6 March 2024
The purpose of this notification is to advise stakeholders of a new import pathway that will be implemented to facilitate the import of medicinal cannabis plant parts other than seed products. In the situation that the product cannot meet the standard ...
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Hemp seed and hemp products (Cannabis spp.)
Change to recommended import windows for Fragaria, Rubus and Vaccinium tissue cultures
Effective from 28 February 2024
The department has revised the recommended windows to import strawberry (Fragaria), raspberry/blackberry (Rubus) and blueberry (Vaccinium) tissue cultures and has adjusted the current guidelines.
Previous guidance recommended that these tissue culture...
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Rubus spp. for use as nursery stock
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Vaccinium spp. for use as nursery stock
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Fragaria spp. for use as nursery stock
Revised conditions for Stranvaesia spp. nursery stock in line with current taxonomic nomenclature
Effective from 28 February 2024
Effective immediately, the following species of Stranvaesia are subject to regulatory measures that are consistent with those in place for imported Photinia nursery stock.
• Stranvaesia davidiana
• Stranvaesia davidiana var. undulata
• Stranvaesia u...
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Hosts of fireblight, sudden oak death and Xylella fastidiosa for use as nursery stock
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Xylella fastidiosa hosts for use as nursery stock
Addition of Photinia undulata as a permitted seed species
Effective from 28 February 2024
Photinia undulata is now included as a permitted seed species for import, subject to all import conditions outlined within BICON.
Background:
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has completed a review of taxonomy for Stranvaesia s...
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Permitted seed for sowing
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Birdseed
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Raw seed for human consumption