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Animal and Biological Import Assessments Branch Tim Brinkley 19 July 2018

Summary • Who are we, what we do • BICON • Goods Determination changes • Beef, Prawns, Salmon, Egg • Import Conditions Review • Other Tim Brinkley 19 July 2018

Who are we & what we do • Manage biosecurity for import of animals and animal products • Biosecurity risk • Import conditions & import permits Tim Brinkley 19 July 2018

Permit applications Biological commodities • 4914 (2016-17) • 5361 (2017-18) Food commodities – non-standard • 1763 (2016-17) • 1857 (2017-18) Food commodities – standard • 364 (2016-17) • 346 (2017-18) Tim Brinkley 19 July 2018

BICON • The online tool for import conditions & permits • 25,460 registered users • Average of 2 million web-hits per month • Recent upgrades • Integrated with new financial system • Online payment tool upgraded https://bicon.agriculture.gov.au/BiconWeb4.0 Tim Brinkley 19 July 2018

Goods Determination • The legislative instrument for import conditions • Second tranche of updates • Changes will be implemented on 25 July: • Returning Australian, seals in-tact; no permit required • Chile added to FMD free list Tim Brinkley 19 July 2018

Fresh Beef • Japan approved • First permit applications received • Other countries under assessment (USA & Netherlands) Tim Brinkley 19 July 2018

Prawns • Post suspension • 500 consignments of raw so far • Changes to requirements • Cooked – 25% inspection (trial) • Breaded, Battered & Crumbed propose – par-cooking or WSSV testing Tim Brinkley 19 July 2018

Egg • Changes later this month • Improvements to BICON content • Some non-composite products – standard permits • Lysosome • Whole egg, egg yolk & egg white powders (approved countries) Tim Brinkley 19 July 2018

Import Conditions Review • A one-off review of all import conditions • Aim – simpler, practical & consistent import conditions & processes • 542 commodity cases, 77 groupings • 62 of 77 have commenced & 38 have been finalised • All reviews completed by June 2019 • Contact: abiabimportconditionsreview@agriculture.gov.au Tim Brinkley 19 July 2018

Import Conditions Review – Laboratory, Live animals, Food, Animal and Environment Start soon In progress Complete Antibodies Antigens Animal fluids and tissues Alcoholic beverages Bio-remedial products Baits and lures – aquatic Aquaculture – pet fish food Baits and lures – non-aquatic Alpacas and Llamas Diagnostics kits Bees and bee semen Bee products Embryos and semen – deer/goat/sheep Casings Cell lines Cats and dogs Culture media Enzymes Cnidarians, tunicates, echinoderms Embryos and semen – cattle Cosmetics Equine semen Fertile eggs Cremated animal remains Finfish - salmon Dairy Freshwater fish – aquarium and marine fish Egg products Food samples – human consumption Feathers /wool related articles Fertilisers Ship stores for transhipment Frogs legs Human fluids and tissues Genetic material Gelatine Human therapeutics and medicines Human bodies and remains Lab animals Kopi luwak Lab material – animal reproductive material Live animals - prohibited Meat based flavours Lab material (including reagents) Live horses, donkeys, mules Pet food Live pigeons Live sheep and goats Prawns Live rabbits Pet birds Rat and mice embryos, semen and ova Live rock Medical kits containing coagulants Seafood (finfish excluding salmon) Prepared foodstuffs Microorganisms Uncanned/unretorted meat – porcine Palolo worms Veterinary therapeutics and medicines Uncanned/unretorted meat (including jerky) Retorted animal based goods for human consumption Uncaaned/unretorted meat – New Zealand Returning Australian products Rock lobster Uncanned/unretorted meat – (other) Seafood (excluding finfish and prawns) Shells and related articles Snails Soil and water Tim Brinkley Specimens – preserved and fixed (including microscope slide Stockfeed 19 July 2018 Synthetic material Uncanned/unretorted meat – avian/chicken, foie gras Used and empty cryogenic shippers and Zoo animals

Other • Diseases in Europe • Lumpy Skin Disease • African Swine Fever Tim Brinkley 19 July 2018

Source: British National Pig Association

Other • Importing via more than one country • Health certification from country of export • Transiting – seals in-tact is ok Tim Brinkley 19 July 2018

Contacts General • imports@agriculture.gov.au • 1800 900 090 Import Conditions Review • abiabimportconditionsreview@agriculture.gov.au Tim Brinkley 19 July 2018