BMSB UPDATE 19 - treatment provider update

At Wednesday's Department of Agriculture Cargo Consultative Committee (DCCC) meeting, the department undertook to provide a country-by-country break down of the offshore treatment provider list, and a link to the webpage with templates and guidance materials for treatment providers.
 
Offshore BMSB Treatment Providers Scheme
 
Below is the current break-down of approvals by country. We have also provided a break-down of numbers of providers by treatment type in each country. Please note that the sum of the treatment types does not equal the total approved providers. This is because many treatment providers are approved for multiple treatment types.

 
In addition to the approved applications, there are currently 46 applications in progress. Of these, nine are with the department for assessment with the remaining requiring further information.
 
Templates and guidance materials
 
The department has published all of their methodologies, template certificates, how to guides and template records of treatments. This information is availablehere, with links to this page from the department's BMSB homepage.
 
Update on notice to onshore treatment providers
 
At the teleconference, the department advised that they anticipated being in a position to issue an IAN on treatment temperature requirements for onshore BMSB requirements by the end of this week. The department has advised that they will require a little more time to ensure that they capture input from all relevant parts of the department. We understand that an IAN to be issued early next week.

BIOSECURITY INFORMATION SESSION

Departmental and FTA representatives will also be delivering a dedicated 90 minute session on BMSB and other Biosecurity reforms at our upcoming CPD - Border and Biosecurity Compliance Program event in Melbourne on 16 October 2018.

Paul Zalai - FTA / APSA