Please see below notice that Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) has received from the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment.
This is in effect immediately - no allowance is made for goods in transit.
The Department is advising "Following the identification of critical non-compliance, the department and the New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries has suspended Fumico Fumigations B.V. (NL4004SB) from the Offshore BMSB Treatment Providers Scheme."
The companies will be listed as 'suspended' on the Offshore BMSB Treatment Providers Scheme's List of BMSB Treatment Providers. The companies may no longer perform treatments on Australian and New Zealand bound consignments. Any consignments treated by Fumico Fumigations B.V. (NL4004SB) will be re-treated or exported on arrival in Australia. This decision is effective immediately and no allowance is made for goods in transit.
The date of the suspension is published on the Summary of recent changes to the list of offshore BMSB treatment providers webpage. As per the department's in-transit policy, all treatment certification issued by the treatment provider's will be considered unacceptable from the date of the suspension, regardless of the treatment/issue date on the treatment certificate. This includes certification issued both before and after the change in their status.
For further information please consult IAN 72-2021
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