Alerts & Changes

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 | Raw seed for human consumption | Birdseed

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...

Related Cases:   Tomato seed for sowing

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

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. ...

Related Cases:   Guava rust hosts for use as nursery stock | Myrtaceae seed for sowing

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

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...

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

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...

Related Cases:   Rubus spp. for use as nursery stock | Vaccinium spp. for use as nursery stock | Fragaria spp. for use as nursery stock

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...

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

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...

Related Cases:   Hosts of fireblight, sudden oak death and Xylella fastidiosa for use as nursery stock | Xylella fastidiosa hosts for use as nursery stock

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has made changes to the BICON information notice for the following items imported for non-personal use: • Biscuits, breads, pastries or cakes containing 10% uncooked egg or 10% uncooked dairy (or g...

Related Cases:   Cooked items (biscuits, breads, pastries, cakes), mooncakes, egg waffles and uncooked cheesecakes