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Case: Retorted goods Effective 18 Dec 2024

This case contains a number of different import scenarios with associated import conditions. You can refine the import scenarios by answering the questions below.

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Which of the following best describes your goods?

Retorting refers to the process of cooking food in an unopened, hermetically sealed container for a duration, and to a temperature, sufficient to make the contents commercially sterile.

Vacuum-packed products are NOT retorted.

For more information on retorted products and acceptable packaging, please refer to the following: Product reference: Retorted goods.

Importers are advised to refer to the following BICON commodity cases as alternative conditions may apply:

Retorted snails refer to the BICON case Snails for human consumption
shelf-stable seafood (excl. finfish) refer to the BICON case Seafood (excluding finfish) for human consumption
shelf-stable finfish (excl. salmon) refer to the BICON case Fish including fish caviar, fish roe, fish viscera and fish maw (excluding salmonid fish)
shelf-stable prawn products refer to the BICON case for Prawns

Note: Shelf stable goods listed above may include retorted goods.

Goods for personal use

Retorted meat from Australia or New Zealand

Goods for non-personal use containing less than 5% meat

Retorted aquatics (excluding roe and caviar)

Retorted roe and caviar from salmonid species or genus Plecoglossus

All other retorted goods for non-personal use