Biosecurity in Australia
Biosecurity is monitored to protect plant and animal health in Australia, and to protect the agricultural economy. Biosecurity Australia, an arm of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, provides policy advice and assessment.
Current import risk assessments
As of 2007[update], Biosecurity Australia is conducting the following import risk assessments (IRAs):[1][2]
Fauna risk assessments
- Chicken Meat
- Deer and Cervine Genetic material
- Dogs and Cats
- Edible Eggs and Egg Products
- Ferrets
- Freshwater Crayfish
- Freshwater Finfish
- Hides and Skins
- Honeybee Semen
- Horses from the Republic of South Africa
- Horses with respect to Surra
- Live Birds: Crowned Cranes, Flamingoes and Psittacines
- Live Snakes
- Nonviable Bivalve Molluscs
- Pig Semen
- Prawns and Prawn Products
- Ruminant Semen from the Republic of South Africa
- Wool, Hair and Bristles
- Zoo Bovidae
- Zoo Marsupials and Monotremes
- Zoo Primates
- Zoo Suidae and Dicotyidae from the European Union and North America
Flora risk assessments
- Allium
- Bananas from the Philippines
- Bulbs from Netherlands, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Israel
- Citrus from Florida, USA and South Africa
- Coniferous timber and wood packaging
- Mushrooms
- Unshu mandarins from Japan and South Korea
Completed import risk assessments
Biosecurity Australia has completed the following import risk assessments:[3][4]
Fauna risk assessments
- Bovine embryos and semen form Argentina and Brazil
- Bovine spongiform encephalopathy policy
- Camelids from Chile and Peru
- Casings
- Cooked chicken meat
- Crocodile Meat from Zimbabwe
- Dairy Products
- Hatching eggs of ducks, hens and turkeys
- Horses that are positive for Equine piroplasmosis
- Lab rats and mice
- Live and novel veterinary vaccines
- Finfish
- Pig Meat
- Pigeons
- Crocodiles
- Rhinoceros from South Africa
- Salmon
- Scrapie
- Stockfeed of plant origin
- Felidae
- Zoo Pinnipeds
Flora risk assessments
- Apples from New Zealand
- Fuji apple from Japan
- Mangoes from the Philippines
- Ya Pear from China
- Durian from Thailand
- Korean Pear from Korea
- Limes from New Caledonia
- Longans and Lychees from China and Thailand
- Maize from the United States
- Mangosteens from Thailand
- Pineapples
- Sweetcorn seed for sowing from the United States
- Table grapes from Chile and the United States
See also
- List of Australian Commonwealth Government entities
- Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
- Bureau of Rural Sciences
- Australian Plague Locust Commission
References
- ^ "Current Animal IRAs". Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Archived from the original on 2007-05-01. Retrieved 2007-03-29.
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- ^ "Finalised Plant IRAs". Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Archived from the original on September 1, 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-29.
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External links
- Biosecurity Australia
- Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Biosecurity: Protect your animals and plants from pests and disease - Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry