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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, March 2018
The purpose of the Announcement Information Paper is to provide background information about the review of biosecurity import requirements for fresh longan fruit from Vietnam. Its intended audience is stakeholders with an interest…
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Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, April 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…
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We have completed a final report for fresh Chinese jujube fruit (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) from China risk analysis. We will now verify that China can meet the import conditions.
When we do a risk analysis, we:
review the science on pests and diseases of concern
assess and analyse biosecurity…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry detector dogs make an invaluable contribution to Australia’s biosecurity system, helping to protect Australia from exotic pests and diseases. Detector dogs are used in conjunction with several other biosecurity strategies and detection tools to…
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Edwardsiella ictaluri – a significant pathogen of fish
Edwardsiella ictaluri, of theFamily Enterobacteriaceae, is a gram negative, rod–shaped bacterium that causes significant disease in a range of…
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The department and the New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries have specific requirements to ensure brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) treatments are conducted and verified effectively. These requirements are comprehensively documented in the department’s treatment methodologies and the…
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The Gulf Standards Organisation (GSO) of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has published a technical regulation that recognises extended shelf-life for chilled vacuum-packed red meat. This recommends that all GCC members bring their regulations for the shelf-life of chilled, vacuum-packed red meat…
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The Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement (A-UKFTA) entered into force (EIF) on 31 May 2023.
A-UKFTA eliminated tariffs on many Australian seafood products at EIF, including finfish and rock lobster (Table 1). Remaining seafood tariffs will be phased out and eliminated completely by 1…
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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, February 2019
This report details food that was found to fail under the Imported Food Inspection Scheme during the month. For full data on activity and compliance under the Scheme refer to the six monthly…
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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, November 2017
This report details food that was found to fail under the Imported Food Inspection Scheme during the month. For full data on activity and compliance under the Scheme refer to the six monthly Imported Food…
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