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Non commodity conditions apply to all packaging, containers and transport methods used to bring goods into the country. Refer to the Non Commodity case to review the non commodity conditions related to your import.
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Pig meat Changes
Effective 21 March 2024 to 24 April 2024
This case describes the requirements for the importation of uncanned or unretorted pig meat only. Uncanned or unretorted pig meat products include pork crackling, cured, cooked, and uncooked meat.
Matched term: uncanned
Meals ready to eat (MREs) for human consumption
Effective 15 December 2023 to present
This case describes the requirements for the importation of meals ready to eat (MREs) for human consumption only. MREs include shelf stable ready to eat meals for the personal use of international military and rescue, shelf stable ready to eat meals returning with the Australian defence forces or government sponsored rescue taskforces from overseas operations, and shelf stable ready to eat meals for commercial sale. For the import of frozen ready to eat meals, please refer to the BICON cases relevant to the ingredients.
Matched term: foods, food, foodstuffs
Cooked fruit and vegetables for human consumption Changes
Effective 8 February 2024 to 18 April 2024
This case describes the requirements for the importation of cooked fruit and vegetables for human consumption.
Matched term: Uncanned
Seafood (excluding finfish) for human consumption
Effective 28 February 2024 to present
This case describes the requirements for the importation of seafood (excluding finfish) for human consumption and for all uses other than animal consumption, bioremediation agent or fertilisers, growing purposes, or veterinary therapeutic use. For consignments intended for the above restricted uses, please refer to the relevant BICON cases.Please note that this case only applies to the seafood component of composite products. If you are importing a composite product, you must search BICON for each individual ingredient to determine the conditions that apply.
Matched term: food, Seafood
Food samples
Effective 21 December 2023 to present
This case describes the requirements for the importation of food samples, including prawn samples, that are for laboratory analysis or taste testing only. This case is only relevant for goods which cannot meet alternative conditions under the applicable BICON case/s for the commodity.
Matched term: Food, Foodstuffs
Gum products
Effective 22 August 2023 to present
This case redirects importers to specific BICON cases for gum products based on end use.For stockfeed, fertiliser, growing purposes, please refer to Stockfeed, stockfeed ingredients and stockfeed additives, Pet food, pet food ingredients, and supplements for companion animals or Fertilisers.For all other end uses, please refer to Highly refined organic chemicals and substances.
Matched term: Pet, food
Preserved fruit, vegetables or seaweed for human consumption
Effective 21 December 2023 to present
This case describes the requirements for the importation of preserved fruit, vegetables or seaweed (red, green and brown macroalgae) for human consumption.
Matched term: Canned, foods
Returning Australian products Changes
Effective 7 March 2024 to 8 April 2024
This case describes the requirements for the importation of goods returning to Australia. Goods covered by this case contain or consist of ingredients of plant, microbial or animal (excluding live animals) origin. Returning goods refers to goods originating from Australia that have been exported and are now being imported back into the country. This case also covers goods that have been shipped between two Australian ports but have exited and then re-entered Australian territory en route (e.g. trans-shipped goods). The goods must not have been altered while offshore. If any growing, processing or manufacturing occurs offshore that changes the nature of the product, the goods will then be considered a ‘new product’ rather than of Australian origin and you must search BICON to determine the conditions that apply.
Matched term: food, Pet, seafood
Domestic dogs
Effective 3 January 2024 to 24 April 2024
This case describes the requirements for the importation of live domestic dogs as pets.
Matched term: pets, Pet, Whippet
Dried herbs for human consumption
Effective 18 March 2024 to 5 April 2024
This case describes the requirements for the importation of dried herbs. Importation is permitted for human consumption and human therapeutics. This includes pods without seeds, citrus peel, leaves, flowers, stems, roots, gums, resins, rhizomes, spices and crushed nut shells that are thoroughly dried and not capable of propagation. The case does not apply to seeds, fruit or bark. For pods with permitted seed and dried fruit, please use the Dried fruit BICON case. For permitted seed, please use the Raw seed BICON case. For pods with non-permitted seed and non-permitted seed, please use the relevant seed for human consumption BICON case. For bark, please use the Bark for human consumption BICON case. For kava products, please use the Kava for human consumption BICON case.
Matched term: Petals, Rosepetal, Carpet, Schizonopeta, Trumpet