Following the rumours of an impending ban on Australian meat products in China due to an alleged risk of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has stated there are no grounds for such a trade sanction.
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Safeguarding Australia from seedy biosecurity risks
All Australians are being reminded to be biosecurity aware, following cases of unsolicited seed packets being received through the mail.
Head of Biosecurity Operations, Emily Canning, said imported seeds
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Pork slices, plants and sausages caught in biosecurity crack down
This year has been a year of contrasts which has seen an increase in biosecurity risks arriving at Australia’s international mail centres.
Between January and April, Biosecurity officers intercepted
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CSIRO working hard on African swine flu
African swine fever (ASF) is a fatal pig disease. And it’s on Australia’s doorstep with confirmation of outbreaks in Timor-Leste, 680 kilometres from northern Australia.
The disease is found in sub-Saharan
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Using next generation genetic testing to give growers a competitive boost
QUT has partnered with Hort Innovation under the Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative (PBRI) to advance the use of next-generation genetic sequencing technologies, giving Australia’s horticulture
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Dept of Agriculture releases webs series on biosecurity
The Department of Agriculture has released ‘Country–Handle with Care’, a biosecurity web series that calls on locals and visitors to do their part to protect Australia from the biosecurity risk of
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Announcement on biosecurity steering committee
Minister for Agriculture David Littleproud has announced the chair and members of the biosecurity levy steering committee.
The committee contains representatives from industry and farm groups to help steer
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Biosecurity risks to Australian produce minimised with new x-ray unit
A 3D x-ray unit that will help detect biosecurity risks faster and more effectively has been installed at Melbourne International Airport.
The aim is to minismise the risk of pests entering Australia via
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