Imported Food Notices

Imported Food Notices provide information to AQIS clients, appointed laboratories, FSANZ, and AQIS staff on matters relating to changes to operational requirements in the monitoring of food imported into Australia. These notices are essential for AQIS stakeholders to keep abreast of issues relating to imported food requirements.

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Tests applied to imported food

Number Date Description
17/11 11 Oct 11 Tests applied to risk category foods
03/10 01 Sep 10 Tests applied to surveillance category foods
03/11 29 Mar 11 Food sampling under the Imported Food Inspection Scheme
19/11 7 Dec 11 Testing of some Japanese Food Imports for Radionuclides (Supersedes IFN 05/11)
01/09 23 Jan 09 Melamine testing of food imported into Australia

BSE and Foreign Government Certification

Number Date Description
02/12 14 Mar 12 BSE Certification requirements for imported beef and beef products
16/11 8 Aug 11 BSE Certification options NZ August 2011
04/12 17 May 12 Foreign government certification under the Imported Food Control Act 1992

General notices

Number Date Description
01/12 28 Feb 12 Full declaration format Self-Assessed Clearance (SAC) must be lodged for risk foods with a value not exceeding $1000
08/10 08 Oct 10 Requirements to lodge FIDs for imported food
09/10 07 Oct 10 Requests for information from the AQIS system
07/11 02 Jun 11 Information required to support the assessment of Imported Food entries
02/10 30 Mar 10 Konjac/Konjaku in imported food
52/04 26 Oct 04 Restrictions on the importation of oysters from the Republic of Korea and specified marine areas of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
37/03 15 Dec 03 Regulation of colloidal silver and related products under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989