Changes

The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (the department) is currently amending import permit conditions, and thereby associated health certificate statements, for dairy products from approved countries.

These changes have recently been implemented for colostrum from approved countries.

Changes include:

• expanding the list of countries from which the colostrum may be sourced
  

• updating health certificate statements regarding the disease status of the sourcing and manufacturing countries.
  

For further information on these changes, please see the BICON alert published on 14 July 2020 associated with the Dairy commodity case.

Please note:
Import permits with the old statements will still be valid until their expiry date, and the department will continue to accept existing health certificate statements until 1 August 2022.

Who does this notice affect:
Importers of colostrum and Assessment Services Group.

Further information:
Please contact the Animal and Biological Imports Branch on 1800 900 090 or email imports@agriculture.gov.au.