Date of effect: 10 August 2023
Attention
Food importers and their customs brokers.
Purpose
The purpose of this notice is to raise awareness of a video that has been published on the department’s website to provide information on virtual label and visual inspections for eligible imported food.
Key points
We have published a video about imported food label and visual virtual inspections, to provide information on:
- benefits to industry
- what happens during a virtual inspection
- technological requirements for eligibility
- how to register for virtual inspections
- the top 5 food types regularly assessed and cleared via virtual inspection.
Instructions
- Watch our imported food virtual label and visual inspections information video to learn more about these inspections and the benefits to industry.
- See further information at IFN 06-22 - Imported food virtual label and visual inspections - updated
Background
In 2020, in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the department conducted a trial of virtual inspections under the Imported Food Inspection Scheme (IFIS) for label and visual inspections of surveillance foods.
Following a successful trial, the imported food virtual label and visual inspections were implemented in July 2021, with virtual inspections increasing steadily since its introduction.
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