Alerts
Notification of import conditions reviews for plant products (not for human consumption)
Effective from 18 May 2018Our department has been conducting operational reviews of plant, animal and biological import conditions to protect Australia’s biosecurity status and to maintain our market access for agricultural products. The review of import conditions is part of strengthening biosecurity surveillance and analysis under the Agricultural Competitiveness White Paper. Further information on the Agricultural Competitiveness White Paper can be located on the department's website.
We have now started reviewing the conditions for dried plant products that are not for human consumption.
The reviews will:
ensure import conditions are understandable and easy to find in our department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON)
make sure import conditions are based on current information and risk management approaches, while being a minimum burden
allow us to identify the treatments available to manage biosecurity risks; such as pests, disease and contaminants.
The amount of change to import conditions will vary between commodities. Some will have minimal or no change, and some may have significant changes.
How to stay in touch?
Any updates or changes will be outlined in BICON.
The best way to stay informed of changes is to register with BICON and use the ‘follow case' function to receive email notifications when a case changes or when an alert is published (refer to the online factsheet on how to 'Follow a BICON case').
If you are new to BICON, learn how to use BICON through our introductory elearning module.
For further information or enquiries, please contact the Plant Import Conditions Review team at planticr@agriculture.gov.au.
This Alert applies to the following Cases:
- Mistletoe
- Plant products for ceremonial and exhibition use
- Pet food, supplements and ingredients of plant origin
- Handicrafts containing pome fruit
- Plant based fabric, textiles or yarn
- Pine cones
- Plant material embedded in paper
- Barkcloth
- Pacific Islands handicrafts
- Rice husk chopping boards, logs and briquettes
- Dried or preserved flowers and foliage
- Permitted plant fibres
- Birdseed
- Peat
- Geotextiles for bioremediation
- Cotton
- Unidentified plant material requiring treatment
- Horse chestnuts
- Articles stuffed with dried herbs or seed
- Sphagnum moss
- Straw, cereal straw articles and products
- Dried Tillandsia spp.
- Rudraksha prayer beads
- Potpourri
- Dried leaf skeletons
- Biodegradable plant pots
- Coir peat
- Job's tears articles
- Thatching grass
- Incense
- Banana fibre articles
- Plant fibre products and seed handicrafts
- Gum products
- Biodegradable urns
- Dried herb products not for human consumption