Alerts & Changes

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has reinstated import conditions for table eggs from New Zealand, as New Zealand has regained freedom from infectious bursal disease. Import conditions are now available for table eggs derived fr...

Related Cases:   Egg and egg products

Festuca trachyphylla has been added to the ‘Birdseed’, ‘Permitted seed for sowing’ and ‘Raw seed for human consumption’ BICON cases, as the department has assessed that this species is a synonym of Festuca brevipila which falls under these BICON cases....

Related Cases:   Permitted seed for sowing | Raw seed for human consumption | Birdseed

The department has removed specific testing requirements for Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid on tomato seed for sowing. PCR testing for Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid is no longer a requirement for import of tomato seed for sowing. Variation of import p...

Related Cases:   Tomato seed for sowing

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (department) has developed import conditions for returning Australian products derived from inorganic ingredients. The addition of the inorganic products pathway to the Biosecurity Import Conditi...

Related Cases:   Returning Australian products

Plinia cauliflora has been added to the ‘Guava rust hosts for use as nursery stock’ and ‘Myrtaceae seed for sowing’ BICON cases, as the department has assessed that this species is a synonym of Myrciaria cauliflora which falls under these BICON cases. ...

Related Cases:   Guava rust hosts for use as nursery stock | Myrtaceae seed for sowing

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is enhancing the enforceability of standard import permit conditions for bee pollen in fully finished and retail packaged capsules and tablets, for human consumption and human therapeutic use. The...

Related Cases:   Bee products

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) has reviewed import conditions for live guinea pigs for laboratory use and reformatted the conditions for this commodity. The updates to the existing pathway will help to clarify im...

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

The department has revised the recommended windows to import strawberry (Fragaria), raspberry/blackberry (Rubus) and blueberry (Vaccinium) tissue cultures and has adjusted the current guidelines. Previous guidance recommended that these tissue culture...

Related Cases:   Rubus spp. for use as nursery stock | Vaccinium spp. for use as nursery stock | Fragaria spp. for use as nursery stock

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has made changes to the BICON information notice for the following items imported for non-personal use: • Biscuits, breads, pastries or cakes containing 10% uncooked egg or 10% uncooked dairy (or g...

Related Cases:   Cooked items (biscuits, breads, pastries, cakes), mooncakes, egg waffles and uncooked cheesecakes

The department has made minor changes to the BICON commodity case for live fish for laboratory use. Changes have been made to clarify the existing conditions for the import of reproductive material from live fish species for laboratory use. The condi...

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