As set out in Animal Biosecurity Advice 2022-A07 (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity/risk-analysis/memos), from 31 October 2022, revised import conditions will apply for fish and fish products imported into Australia for use as pet food and stockfeed.
Following public consultation on a review of a prescribed heat treatment and a further review of scientific information, revised import conditions for fish and fish products imported into Australia for use as pet food and stockfeed are as follows:
• Fish product material of salmonid origin for use as pet food and stockfeed must have been treated to meet the following condition:
- o Moist heated to a core temperature of at least 85 °C for at least 25 minutes, or, to an equivalent core temperature and specified time agreed by the department.
- o The current restrictions on the percentage of salmonid material contained in the fish products (no more than 2%) will no longer apply.
• Fish products containing only material of non-salmonid fish for use as pet food and stockfeed (excluding non-salmonid fish products sourced from New Zealand) must meet existing conditions:
o Moist heated to a core temperature for at least 85 °C for at least 15 minutes, or, at least 80°C for a least 20 minutes, or to an equivalent core temperature and specified time agreed by the department.
• All fish products must have been processed and packaged in premises approved by and under the control of the Competent Authority
• All fish products must have been manufactured from ingredients which have not been derived from terrestrial or avian animals. This includes egg products, dairy products and feathers.
An alert to the new conditions will be published in the Australian Biosecurity Import Conditions database (BICON) at https://bicon.agriculture.gov.au/BiconWeb4.0/Home/Notice/.
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