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Case: Pet food, pet food ingredients, and supplements for companion animals Effective: 13 Sep 2022 to 22 Sep 2022
Case Description
This case describes the requirements for the importation of pet food, pet food ingredients, and supplements for pets and companion animals. This includes goods which are intended for consumption by dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, guinea pigs and horses (pets and performance animals) but does not include goods which are intended for consumption by production animals or food producing species (e.g. cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens). Goods may contain biological ingredients derived from animals, microbes [e.g. fungi (including mushrooms)], plants, macroalgae (i.e. seaweed), and/or microalgae. Goods may be commercially prepared and packaged or may be imported in bulk for further processing in Australia i.e. to be included within a pet food product.
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This case applies to imports into: Australia and Christmas Island.
In viewing case pathways based on the Pet food, pet food ingredients, and supplements for companion animals case see also Aquaculture feed and aquatic meals.
Related Information:
- Risk background: Disease risks in animal tissue, meat and meat products
- Risk background: Fish disease biosecurity concerns
- Risk background: Pig meat diseases
- Risk background: Repurposing imported biological goods for animal feed use
- Risk background: Risks associated with dry pet food
- Risk background: Pet food, pet food ingredients, and supplements for companion animals
- List: Family Salmonidae and genus Plecoglossus species
- Pest bulletin: Khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium)
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