Please see below notice that Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) has received from the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment.
What has changed?
Following a remote compliance audit, the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment and the New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries have reinstated A.B.R.A.S. Srl (AEI: IT4001SB) onto the Offshore BMSB Treatment Providers Scheme.
Offshore treatment provider?
A.B.R.A.S. Srl (AEI: IT4001SB) will be reinstated and listed as 'Accepted' on the Offshore BMSB Treatment Providers Scheme's list of offshore BMSB treatment providers and can perform BMSB heat treatments on Australian and New Zealand bound consignments.
Treatments conducted on or after the reinstatement date will be accepted and assessed for validity on arrival.
Treatments conducted on or after the suspension date, and before the reinstatement date, will not be accepted by the department.
Treatments conducted before the suspension will be managed as per Industry Advice Notice 228-2020: Offshore Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) Treatment Providers Scheme: treatment provider suspension - A.B.R.A.S. SRL (AEI: IT4001SB) and Centro Disinfestazione Livornese (IT4004SB)
Further information
For further information regarding Offshore BMSB Treatment Provider Scheme visit the department website or contact bmsbtreatments@awe.gov.au.
For further information please consult IAN 87-2021
To stay abreast of all developments and notices being issued we remind members that you can also subscribe to receive Industry Advice Notices direct from the department - the department had also started to release newsletters in relation to the BMSB season - to access these click HERE
NOTE: the above link should also be used to UPDATE your current subscriptions
You may also wish to review the latest issue of Biosecurity Matters