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Raw milk temperatures

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) guidelines for raw milk collection advise milk should be cooled on farm to 5ºC within 3.5 hours from the start of milking. FSANZ guidelines also allow…
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Biosecurity Week focusses on avian influenza

As Australia recovers from its most significant avian disease incident in 50 years, attention has turned towards preparing for the next possible avian influenza outbreak – a more virulent strain that has caused deaths in poultry and wild birds and mammals across the globe.The recent H7 high…
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Forestry

Forestry measuresThe Australian Government’s A Better Future for our Regions and A Future Grown in Australia policies, establish the government’s commitment to Australia’s forest industries. They aim to strengthen, support and continue a sustainable forestry sector now and into the future.The…
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Tasmania Department of Primary Industries and Water Response to The Issues Paper for The Import Risk Analysis for Fresh Apples from The Pacific Northwest of The USA

​[expand all] Cover Letter Department of Primary Industries & Water PO Box 303 Devonport Tasmania 7310 AUSTRALIA +61 3 6421 7634 Telephone Andrew.Bishop@dpiw.tas.gov.au 4 September 2008 Plant Biosecurity Biosecurity Australia GPO Box 858 CANBERRA ACT 2601 To whom it may concern,…
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Climate change impacts and adaptation on Australian farms

Authors: Neal Hughes and Peter Gooday Source: Shutterstock.com Introduction In recent decades, Australia has seen a shift towards higher temperatures and lower winter rainfall, which has had significant effects on many farmers. Despite these trends there remains much uncertainty over the…
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Bivalve molluscs and bivalve mollusc products

Improving access to imported food safety requirementsFrom mid-2025 imported food safety requirements will be incorporated into the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON).See more about the Inclusion of food safety requirements in BICON.All biosecurity requirements must be met before Imported…
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Questions and answers for the draft report for the review of import conditions for fresh potatoes for processing from New Zealand

3 July 2012​Release of the Draft report for the review of import conditions for fresh potatoes for processing from New Zealand Why has this review of import conditions for fresh potatoes for…
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Jake and Frankie strengthen their herd from the ground up

Mixed cattle farmers Jake and Frankie Fennell run a 4,000-strong beef herd on their property Wintinna Station in Outback South Australia. After the 2017-2019 drought, they embraced GPS cattle tracking tags and rotational grazing to better prepare their business for drought. “We came across [the…
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Questions and Answers

​Draft Non-regulated Analysis of Existing Policy [expand all]Why is this non-regulated analysis of existing policy being undertaken? The Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water…
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Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting

Wednesday, 7 December 2022 Meeting Communiqué Commonwealth, state, and territory agriculture Ministers met virtually on Wednesday 7 December 2022 for the third and final Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) of the year. AMM was chaired by the Australian Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and…
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