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Who does this notice affect?

Importers and brokers of listed dried medicinal mushrooms for human consumption which have been commercially prepared and packaged, and are in the form of a tablet, capsule, liquid, injectable vial or ointment, or are an ingredient in food or a beverage, including in a tea bag will not require an import permit if importers can meet the import conditions published in BICON.

Listed Scientific Names

In addition to the removal of an import permit, the department has merged four existing mushroom for human consumption cases into one new case – “Mushrooms for human consumption”.

The four cases being merged include:

• Fresh mushrooms for human consumption
  

• Frozen mushrooms for human consumption
  

• Dried mushrooms for human consumption
  

• Dried medicinal mushrooms
  

The changes should enable importers and brokers in searching for the relevant import conditions, where the end-use of the goods are for human consumption.

Background

The Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non-Prohibited Goods) Determination 2016 is currently under amendment. As a result, from 25 July 2018 certain commodities will no longer require an import permit when the specified alternative conditions are met.

Further information

For further information please see the biosecurity legislation page on the department’s website, email Plant Import Operations Branch imports@agriculture.gov.au or phone 1800 900 090.