Alerts & Changes

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) has completed a Weed Risk Assessment for the species Rabdosia effusa and its accepted name Isodon effusus. The assessment has determined these species are permitted as they pose a l...

Related Cases:   Xylella fastidiosa hosts for use as nursery stock

Who does this alert affect? Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries - including importers, customs brokers, freight forwarders, vessel masters, biosecurity industry participants and shipping agents. What has changed? Regulatory charging...

The Ministry of Primary Industries New Zealand (MPI NZ) has advised the department that the 2023-2024 flight season of the Burnt Pine Longicorn (BPL) beetle has concluded for all New Zealand ports as of 19 April 2024. Consignments loaded onto vessel...

Related Cases:   Timber and timber products imported from New Zealand during Burnt Pine Longicorn (BPL) flight season | Logs, log cabins and oversize timber | Timber and timber products

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has recently updated the . This updated list can be found on our website. As a result of the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water updating the ‘list of specimens taken ...

Related Cases:   Live freshwater ornamental fish

Import conditions for fresh decrowned pineapples from Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Taiwan have been restructured to align with current conventions. A common table outlining the biosecurity pests of concern and the required off...

Related Cases:   Fresh pineapple for human consumption

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) has completed a review of the import conditions for the following commodities: • amphibians • ferrets • invertebrates (aquatic and terrestrial) • rats and mice embryos, semen an...

Related Cases:   Live animals and their reproductive material for laboratory use

Chambeyronia magnifica has been added to the ‘Arecaceae (palms) for use as nursery stock’, ‘Palm seed for sowing’, ‘Raw seed for human consumption’ and ‘Birdseed’ BICON cases as the department has assessed that this species is a synonym of Kentiopsis m...

Related Cases:   Arecaceae (palms) for use as nursery stock | Palm seed for sowing | Birdseed | Raw seed for human consumption

Ixora margaretae has been added to the ‘Xylella fastidiosa hosts for use as nursery stock’, ‘Permitted seed for sowing’, ‘Raw seed for human consumption’ and ‘Birdseed’ BICON cases as the department has assessed that this species is a synonym of Captai...

Related Cases:   Birdseed | Permitted seed for sowing | Raw seed for human consumption | Xylella fastidiosa hosts for use as nursery stock

Effective immediately, testing for Taro bacilliform CH virus will no longer be carried out on imported Colocasia nursery stock during the post-entry quarantine period. This change is being implemented as the department has determined that Taro bacil...

Related Cases:   Colocasia spp. for use as nursery stock

A new import pathway has been implemented to facilitate the import of medicinal cannabis plant parts other than seed products. In the situation that the product cannot meet the standard import conditions (i.e. phytosanitary inspection and certification...

Related Cases:   Hemp seed and hemp products (Cannabis spp.)