- Biosecurity Australia
Biosecurity Australia is an arm of the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. It provides science based
quarantine assessments and policy advice to protect Australian agricultural industry, and to enhances Australia's access to international animal and plant related markets. [cite web
title = About Biosecurity Australia
publisher =Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
url =http://www.daffa.gov.au/ba/about
accessdate = 2007-03-29 ] Biosecurity Australia also provides policy advice to theAustralian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) concerning the importation of quarantine risk material to Australia. AQIS ultimately sets the rules concerning the imports, not Biosecurity Australia.Biosecurity Australia's headquarters is located in the Edmund Barton Building on Broughton Street in Barton, ACT.
Current import risk assessments
Biosecurity Australia is currently conducting the following
import risk assessments (IRAs): [cite web
title =Current Animal IRAs
publisher =Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
url =http://www.daffa.gov.au/ba/ira/current-animal
accessdate = 2007-03-29 ] [cite web
title =Current Plant IRAs
publisher =Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
url =http://www.daffa.gov.au/ba/ira/current-plant
accessdate = 2007-03-29 ]Fauna risk assessments*
Chicken Meat
*Deer and CervineGenetic material
* Dogs and Cats
* Edible Eggs and Egg Products
* Ferrets
* FreshwaterCrayfish
* Freshwater Finfish
* Hides and Skins
*Honeybee Semen
* Horses from theRepublic of South Africa
* Horses with respect toSurra
* Live Birds: Crowned Cranes, Flamingoes and Psittacines
* Live Snakes
* Non-viable 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
* ZooSuidae and Dicotyidae from theEuropean Union andNorth America Flora risk assessments*
Allium
*Bananas from thePhilippines
*Bulbs fromNetherlands , theUnited Kingdom ,New Zealand andIsrael
*Citrus from Florida, USA and South Africa
*Coniferous timber and wood packaging
*Mushrooms
*Unshu mandarins fromJapan andSouth Korea Completed import risk assessments
Biosecurity Australia has completed the following import risk assessments: [cite web
title = Finalised Animal IRAs
publisher =Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
url =http://www.daffa.gov.au/ba/ira/final-animal
accessdate = 2007-03-29 ] [cite web
title = Finalised Plant IRAs
publisher =Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
url =http://www.daffa.gov.au/ba/ira/final-plant
accessdate = 2007-03-29 ]Fauna risk assessments
* Bovine Embryos and Semen form
Argentina andBrazil
* Bovine SpongiformEncephalopathy Policy
* Camelids fromChile andPeru
* Casings
* Cooked Chicken Meat
*Crocodile Meat fromZimbabwe
*Dairy Products
* Hatching Eggs of Ducks, Hens and Turkeys
* Horses that are positive for 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 PinnipedsFlora risk assessments
* Apples from New Zealand
* Fuji apple from Japan
* Mangoes from the Philippines
*Ya Pear fromChina
*Durian from Thailand
* Korean Pear from Korea
*Limes fromNew Caledonia
* Longans and Lychees from China and Thailand
*Maize from theUnited States
* Mangosteens from Thailand
* Pineapples
*Sweetcorn seed forsowing from the United States
* Table grapes from Chile and the United Statesee also
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List of Australian Commonwealth Government entities
*Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
*Bureau of Rural Sciences
*Australian Plague Locust Commission External links
* [http://www.daffa.gov.au/ba Biosecurity Australia Website]
* [http://www.daff.gov.au/ Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Website]Footnotes
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