Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) wish to advise that the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (the department) has issued an Industry Advice Notice 116-2021 dealing with a change to the Offshore BMSB Treatment Providers Scheme.
What has changed?
The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment and the New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries have withdrawn Nozzle Nolen, Inc (AEI: US4087SB) and Gregory Pest Solutions (AEI: US4082SB) from the Offshore BMSB Treatment Providers Scheme (the scheme).
Offshore treatment providers
Nozzle Nolen, Inc (AEI: US4087SB) and Gregory Pest Solutions (AEI: US4082SB) will be listed as 'Withdrawn' on the Offshore BMSB Treatment Providers Scheme's List of offshore BMSB treatment providers and the Offshore Treatment Providers list of Treatment Providers Under an Approved Scheme.
The date of the withdrawal is published on the Summary of recent changes to the list of offshore BMSB treatment providers and the Summary of recent changes to the offshore treatment providers list webpages.
All treatment certification issued by the treatment providers on or prior to the withdrawal date will be accepted and assessed for validity on arrival.
Any treatment certification issued by the treatment providers after the withdrawal date will not be accepted.
Details on the scheme's 'withdrawal' status can be found in the status categories section on the List of offshore BMSB treatment providers webpage.
Further information
For further information regarding Offshore BMSB Treatment Provider Scheme visit the department website or contact bmsbtreatments@awe.gov.au
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Sal Milici - Head of Border and Biosecurity FTA / APSA