Department Of Agriculture Bmsb

The risk management plan is intended to demonstrate to the department that the risk is being sufficiently managed in order to allow the transport of the affected cargo from the vessel to a department approved onshore treatment provider for treatment in accordance with the bmsb seasonal measures.

Agriculture college jobner. The department has used a range of scientific intelligence and evidence based information when setting the measures. The australian department of agriculture water and the environment and the new zealand ministry for primary industries have introduced a joint offshore bmsb treatment providers scheme the scheme. Importers and brokers of sea containers and break bulk cargo from countries listed on the department of agriculture and water resources country action 04 november 2019 last modified 145 2018 interim process for the management of lclfak containers for the 2018 19 brown marmorated stink bug bmsb risk season.

Alignment of bmsb management between new zealand and australia. The department of agriculture water and the environment has finalised the seasonal measures for the 2020 21 brown marmorated stink bug bmsb risk season. 2020 21 bmsb seasonal measures.

In preparation for the 2020 21 bmsb season the department will host a couple of industry sessions via webinar. Mpi the ministry for primary industries in new zealand and dawe the department of agriculture water and the environment in australia have aligned the measures for bmsb management as much as possible. In response to the rapid expansion of brown marmorated stink bug bmsb throughout europe and north america the department has retained the seasonal measures to manage the risk of bmsb from arriving in australia for the 202021 bmsb risk season.

View our seasonal measures. The department and the new zealand ministry for primary industries have specific requirements to ensure brown marmorated stink bug bmsb treatments are conducted and verified effectively. Key compliance requirements from the scheme and treatment.

The scheme sets out the minimum registration and compliance requirements for treatment providers conducting bmsb treatments on goods bound for australia andor new zealand during the 2020 21 bmsb. Under this policy all bmsb treatment certification issued by a treatment provider classified as suspended will be considered unacceptable from the date the suspension is published on the departments webpages regardless of the date of treatment or date of issue on the certificate. These requirements are comprehensively documented in the departments treatment methodologies and the offshore bmsb treatment providers scheme.