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News and alertsChanges to Vegetable seed for sowingFrom 1 July 2025 an import permit will be required for Brassicaceous seed requiring treatment and Cucurbitaceous seed requiring testing and/or treatment, that are imported for an end use of sowing. Importers will be able to apply for import permits…
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Have your say on draft rabies risk review
A draft report into a policy review of the rabies virus risk in imported cats and dogs has today been released for stakeholder comment.
Deputy Secretary of Biosecurity and Compliance, Dr Chris Locke said Australia was free from the rabies virus and to…
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19/01/2023
Who does this notice affect?
Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries - including vessel masters, freight forwarders, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principal shipping agents, and any other operators in the sea container supply and logistics…
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An elite stable of dedicated Post Entry Quarantine officers is ensuring some of the world’s most valuable shuttle stallions are happy, healthy – and won’t pose a biosecurity risk while on stud duties in Australia.
The 55 horses – hailing from Europe, Japan, the USA and Canada, and worth a combined…
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Our search tool is a guide to biosecurity industry participants and the activities they can carry out for imported goods under their approved arrangement.
Biosecurity industry participants that have agreed to have their details published on the department’s webpages appear in the search tool. If…
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31 October 2022
This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the Final report for the review of biosecurity import requirements for fresh apple fruit from the Pacific Northwest states of the United States of America (PNW-USA).
The final report recommends that the importation of…
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The risk analysis processWhy is this non-regulated analysis of existing policy being undertaken?The Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (the department) helps people and…
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Import conditions for fresh strawberries (Fragaria x ananassa) from Japan have been published on our Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON). Import permits will now be issued.
The decision to commence imports will be a commercial decision between an exporter in Japan and an…
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28 May 2021
Who does this notice affect?
This notice is of interest to importers (and their customs brokers) of tomato seed for sowing.
What is changing?
The purpose of this alert is to advise stakeholders of upcoming changes to import conditions for tomato seeds for sowing. These changes are…
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