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Case: Enzymes Effective 22 Jul 2020 to 04 Dec 2020

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.

Term Definition
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.
carrier

The carrier is what the starter culture is in or on and helps facilitate its handling. The carrier is therefore a substance used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify the culture, enabling its application or use. The carrier does not alter the culture’s function and does not exert any effect. Examples: the starter culture Lactobacillus caseii can be in the carrier milk (bovine dairy), or the starter culture Bacillus subtilis can be on a corn cob carrier.
goods

Goods include:

1. An animal.

2. A plant.

3. Any other article, substance or thing (including, but not limited to, any kind of moveable property); and, to avoid doubt, includes mail of any kind and ballast water.
human therapeutic use

Under Section 3 of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989, therapeutic use means use in or in connection with:

  1. preventing, diagnosing, curing or alleviating a disease, ailment, defect or injury in persons, or

  2. influencing, inhibiting or modifying a physiological process in persons, or

  3. testing the susceptibility of persons to a disease or ailment, or

  4. influencing, controlling or preventing conception in persons, or

  5. testing for pregnancy in persons, or the replacement or modification of parts of the anatomy in persons.
import permit application

The department will assess the application and on the basis of that assessment may decide to grant an import permit subject to any conditions deemed necessary for safe importation, use and disposal of those products.

It should be noted that applying for an import permit does not automatically result in an import permit being issued. The Director of biosecurity or their delegate issues the import permit. You should ensure that an application is submitted for each product type and that the prescribed fee accompanies the import permit application.
imported food

The Imported Food Control legislation does not apply to food that has been taken to be imported for private consumption:

  1. Up to 10 kilograms of solid food, or

  2. Up to 10 litres of liquid food, or

  3. Up to 2 litres of concentrated liquid food, or

  4. Up to 2 kilograms of dried food, or

  5. Up to 1 kilogram of spices