Offshore BMSB Treatment Providers Scheme: treatment provider suspension

Friday, November 27, 2020

Please see below notice that Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) has received from the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment.

The Department is advising  "
Following the identification of critical non-compliance, the department and the New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries has suspended Fumigation Services & Supply Inc (Harrison) (AEI: US4034SB) from the Offshore BMSB Treatment Providers Scheme."

The company will be listed as 'suspended' on the Offshore BMSB Treatment Providers Scheme's List of BMSB Treatment Providers. The company may no longer perform treatments on Australian and New Zealand bound consignments. Any consignments treated by Fumigation Services & Supply Inc (Harrison) (AEI: US4034SB) will be re-treated or exported on arrival in Australia. This decision is effective immediately and no allowance is made for goods in transit.


For further information please consult IAN 205-2020
 
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You may also wish to review the latest issue of Biosecurity Matters