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 the Australian 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 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
* 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
* 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: [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 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 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

ee also

*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