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Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, July 2020
This report lists food that has failed under the Imported Food Inspection Scheme (IFIS).
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Risk food tests
We target and monitor food that poses a high or medium risk to public health. We refer…
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3 September 2020
Who does this notice affect?
Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers and principle agents— associated with importing goods that require…
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In 2019 the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment and its partners marked 30 years of continuous operations under the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy (NAQS). The NAQS initiative commenced in July 1989, initially as a 3-year trial focussed on early detection of incursions of…
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2 September 2020
Who does this notice affect?
All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who will be required to use the Post Entry Biosecurity System during this planned outage.
Information
Due to system maintenance, the Post Entry Biosecurity System will be unavailable from 23:00 Friday 04…
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31 August 2020
Who does this notice affect?
Customs brokers and importers who import goods from New Zealand that require phytosanitary and/or sanitary certification.
What has changed?
Effective 31 August 2020, the department has transitioned the current eCert exchange with New Zealand’s…
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Authors: Linden Whittle, David Galeano, Neal Hughes, Mihir Gupta, Peter Legg, Tim Westwood, Tom Jackson, Steve Hatfield-Dodds
The junction of the Murray-Darling Basin where the River Murray meets the Darling River at Wentworth
Introduction…
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28 August 2020
Who does this notice affect?
Travellers, importers of unaccompanied personal effects and/or low value sea and air freight, freight forwarders, customs brokers and biosecurity industry participants operating at a Class 1.1, 1.2 or 1.3 Approved Arrangement.
What has changed?
On 13…
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From 1 January 2021, the Emergency Plant Pest Response (EPPR) component of the levy/charge on macadamia nuts, currently set at 0.20 cents per kilogram, will decrease to nil. The total levy/charge rate will decrease from 25.41 cents per kilogram to 25.21 cents per kilogram.
The EPPR levy/…
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From 1 January 2021, dairy cattle exported from Australia will attract an export charge of $6.00 per head and is payable by the exporter of the dairy cattle. Of this amount, $5.00 will be used to fund marketing activities and $1.00 will go towards research and development (R&D)…
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From 1 January 2021, the Emergency Plant Pest Response (EPPR) levy component on logs produced from exotic softwood trees of the genus Pinus sp. felled in a plantation (forest growers levy) will decrease from 5 cents per cubic metre to nil. The total levy rate will decrease…
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