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Case: Non-Commodity Cargo Clearance Effective 14 Feb 2024 to 18 Apr 2024
Glossary
The following provides a definition of words or phrases that are found within the text. Some of these have a special meaning in relation to the importation or treatment of goods entering Australia and may be important to understand in meeting the requirements for import.
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Animal Material |
Any material that originates from, or is produced by a living animal, including hair, fur, skin, faeces, shell, blood and fluids, feathers, honey, flesh and bone. The Risks of Animal Material |
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Approved Arrangement Site (AA Site) |
An arrangement approved under Section 406 of the Biosecurity Act 2015 (Cwlth) which permits a biosecurity industry participant to carry out specified activities to manage biosecurity risks associated with particular goods, premises or other things. |
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Biosecurity Risk Material |
Biosecurity Risk Material (BRM) includes but is not limited to:
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export |
A consignment is considered to be exported either:
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exported |
See export |
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FCX |
FCX is a term used to describe containerised consignments that have multiple suppliers and only one importer, these consignments are usually dealt with in the same way as normal full container load consignments. |
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Food scraps |
Food scraps may be any biosecurity risk material of plant or animal origin and include any discarded food items that contaminate imported cargo. This includes but is not limited to fruit peelings, meat scraps, seeds and pips. Food items may carry animal or plant diseases or be infested with live insects. |
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full container load |
Full Container Load (FCL) is a term used to describe consignments that have a single supplier/sender and a single importer/receiver. |
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Live Animals |
Any animal that is alive, unintentionally entering Australia as a hitchhiker via sea or airfreight. They include but are not limited to mammals (e.g. rats), amphibians (e.g. toads and frogs), reptiles, birds and other vertebrates. The Risks of Live Animals Live animals can introduce exotic diseases into Australian territory. Live animals can be infested with parasites such as ticks, mites and fleas, which can act as vectors that transmit disease. |
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unacceptable packaging material |
Unacceptable packing materials can be straw, peat, hay, chaff, used fruit and vegetable cartons etc. |
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variable times |
The wet bulb depression (the maximum decrease allowed between the dry and the wet bulb temperatures) is less than 2°C (3.6°F).
Treatment certificates and phytosanitary certificates must include the duration of treatment, the treatment temperature and the maximum thickness of timber being treated. If the treatment certificate is issued by a treatment provider accredited under a Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry recognised offshore government program or its equivalent, the certificate must also include the name of the program under which the treatment provider is accredited and the facility registration number or treatment provider number issued under that program. |
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