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Raw milk cheese: eligibility of countries to export to Australia

Raw milk cheese is classified as a risk food and imports will be permitted under certain conditions. Countries wanting to export raw milk cheese to Australia can apply for assessment of whether their country's raw milk cheese production system is equivalent to the system in Australia. A government certification arrangement will be established to facilitate trade if the country meets Australia's biosecurity requirements, and demonstrates equivalence and compliance with applicable standards.

The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has released a final review of the risk management of honey bee semen. The final review was completed following assessment of submissions from stakeholders.
Risk management measures are required to prevent the introduction of the Africanised honey bee (Apis mellifera scutellata), an undesirable sub-type of the European honey bee; and
Restrictions on entry of honey bee semen to the state of Western Australia due to that state's differing honey bee health status.

BICON import conditions for animal based retorted goods for human consumption
The requirement for an import permit will be removed. The goods will still have to meet Australia's import conditions to manage biosecurity risks associated with the goods to an acceptable level.

Draft report for the non-regulated analysis of existing policy for fresh strawberry fruit from the Republic of Korea, August 2016
Draft pest risk analysis and the proposed measures to achieve Australia's appropriate level of protection for the import of fresh strawberry fruit from the Republic of Korea. The draft report includes:
• Introduction, including Australia's biosecurity policy framework and this pest risk analysis

BICON Veterinary Health Certification Requirements for Frozen Canine Semen
The requirement for an import permit will be removed but the goods will still have to meet Australia's import conditions to manage biosecurity risks associated with the goods which are described in Attachment 1.
It is expected these changes will take effect later this year or early next year. The import conditions for frozen canine semen and all other commodities will continue to be available through the Department's Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON) at: https://bicon.agriculture.gov.au/biconweb4.0.

Draft report for the review of biosecurity import requirements for fresh dragon fruit from Vietnam, September 2016
Draft pest risk analysis and the proposed measures to achieve Australia's appropriate level of protection for the import of fresh dragon fruit from Viet Nam. The draft report includes:
• Introduction, including Australia's biosecurity policy framework and this pest risk analysis

Draft group pest risk analysis for thrips and tospoviruses on fresh fruit, vegetable, cut-flower and foliage imports.

The draft group pest risk analysis considers the biosecurity risk posed by all members of the insect order Thysanoptera (commonly referred to as thrips) and all members of the virus genus Tospovirus that are (or are likely) to be associated with fresh fruit, vegetables, cut flowers or foliage imported into Australia as commercial consignments from any country. Phytosanitary measures are identified in the draft report for use in specific cases where measures are required.

Draft law on pesticide management
The notified law seeks to:
• ensure pesticide quality control;
• protect pesticide users;
• protect consumers;
• protect plants (treated and untreated), crops and stored products;
• protect the environment ;
• protect the interests of exporters.

Ministerial Order No. 770/590/CAB of 1 June 2011 amending Ministerial Order No. 770/989/CAB of 21 June 2010 prohibiting the logging and exportation of Pinus and Callitris products in Burundi
The notified Ministerial Order seeks to preserve an ecological balance by prohibiting logging in protection forests populated by tree s of which the stumps do not produce sprouts, such as Pinus and Callitris.

Weed Seeds Order
The CFIA is proposing revisions to the Weed Seeds Order (WSO) under the Seeds Act to reclassify certain species currently on the list and to introduce new weed species to the list. The purpose of the WSO is to specify the kinds of plants whose seeds are weed seeds in order to control the introduction and spread of weeds in seed. Weeds are classified based on distribution and potential harm posed by the species .
Class 1 - Prohibited Noxious Weed Seeds (Applicable to all tables of Schedule I to the Seeds Regulations) has been revised to add 17 new species of weed seeds and to reclassify 11 species of weed seeds from Class 1 to Class 2 (Primary Noxious Weed Seeds) .