Biosecurity (2026 Infringement Notices) Determination 2025

Biosecurity (2026 Infringement Notices) Determination 2025

made under the

Biosecurity Act 2015

Compilation No. 1

Compilation date: 16 May 2026

Includes amendments: F2026L00566

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Biosecurity (2026 Infringement Notices) Determination 2025 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 16 May 2026 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

Uncommenced amendments

The effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law. The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on the Register (www.legislation.gov.au).

Application, saving and transitional provisions

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Editorial changes

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Modifications

If the compiled law is modified by another law, the compiled law operates as modified but the modification does not amend the text of the law. Accordingly, this compilation does not show the text of the compiled law as modified. Any modifications affecting the law are accessible on the Register.

Self‑repealing provisions

If a provision of the compiled law has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law, details are included in the endnotes.

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Name

3 Authority

4 Period in force

5 Definitions

Part 2—Category 1 and category 2 goods

6 Category 1 goods

7 Category 2 goods

8 Repeal

Schedule 1—Specified countries

Endnotes

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history

Part 1—Preliminary

1  Name

  This instrument is the Biosecurity (2026 Infringement Notices) Determination 2025.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under subsection 524A(1) of the Biosecurity Act 2015.

Note: This instrument lists classes of goods (called category 1 goods and category 2 goods) in relation to which the Director of Biosecurity is reasonably satisfied there is a high level of biosecurity risk, for the purposes of section 524 of the Biosecurity Act 2015. If an infringement notice for an alleged contravention of the Biosecurity Act 2015 in circumstances covered by subsection 88(2) of the Biosecurity Regulation 2016 is issued, the amount of penalty units to be stated on the infringement notice is 12 penalty units if the contravention relates to category 1 goods and 6 penalty units if the contravention relates to category 2 goods (see subsection 524(4) of the Biosecurity Act 2015 and regulations made for the purpose of that subsection).

4  Period in force

  This instrument is in force for 12 months beginning on 1 January 2026.

5  Definitions

 (1) In this instrument:

animal fluid means any fluid of an animal including blood, sera and animal secretions, but does not include any of the following:

 (a) semen;

 (b) fluids that are part of meat or meat products.

animal reproductive material has the same meaning as in the Biosecurity Regulation 2016.

animal secretion includes animal excretions and animal exudates, but does not include silk or wax.

animal tissue does not include:

 (a) a living animal; or

 (b) animal reproductive material; or

 (c) any of the following, if without adhering tissue:

 (i) skin;

 (ii) hide;

 (iii) wool;

 (iv) hair;

 (v) bristles;

 (vi) feathers;

 (vii) tusks;

 (viii) teeth;

 (ix) antlers;

 (x) horn;

 (xi) glue pieces;

 (xii) bones.

hermetically‑sealed container means a container that is airtight when sealed.

meat:

 (a) means a part of an animal (other than a fish, cetacean, mollusc, crustacean, cnidarian, echinoderm or a tunicate) that is intended or able to be used as food by a human being or an animal (whether or not it is cooked, dried or otherwise processed); and

 (b) includes blood, bone-meal, meat meal, tallow and fat.

meat product means a product:

 (a) that contains meat; or

 (b) of which meat is an ingredient.

retorted means heated in a hermetically-sealed container to a minimum core temperature of 100°C, obtaining an F0 value of at least 2.8.

shelf-stable has the meaning given by subsection (2).

 (2) Goods are shelf‑stable if:

 (a) the goods have been commercially manufactured; and

 (b) the goods have been packaged by the manufacturer; and

 (c) the goods are in that package; and

 (d) the package has not been opened or broken; and

 (e) the goods are able to be stored in the package at room or ambient temperature; and

 (f) the goods do not require refrigeration or freezing before the package is opened.

Part 2—Category 1 and category 2 goods

6  Category 1 goods

 (1) The following goods are listed as category 1 goods:

 (a) live plants;

 (b) whole unprocessed seeds that are intended for sowing;

 (c) subject to subsection (2), meat and meat products ;

 (d) animal reproductive material (whether or not it is cooked, dried or otherwise processed), other than roe and avian eggs that are intended for, or able to be used for, human consumption;

 (e) animal fluids;

 (f) animal tissue that is not intended for human consumption (whether or not it is cooked, dried or otherwise processed);

 (g) prawns that are not fully cooked;

 (h) live animals, and the remains of animals that have died in transit before arriving in Australian territory or on arrival in Australian territory;             

 (i) veterinary vaccines.

 (2) Paragraph (1)(c) does not apply to any of the following goods:

 (a) meat or meat products that have been retorted;

 (b) meat-based flavouring products that:

 (i) have been commercially manufactured and packaged; and

 (ii) do not contain any discernible pieces of meat; and

 (iii) are for personal use; and

 (iv) are for human consumption; and

 (v) if the goods were derived from bovine, caprine, ovine or porcine animals—are clearly labelled by the manufacturer as a product of a country specified in Schedule 1;             

 (c) meat or meat products from New Zealand (other than goods that are derived from avian or porcine animals or that contain meat or meat products that are derived from avian or porcine animals) that:

 (i) are a product of Australia or New Zealand; and

 (ii) are for personal use; and

 (iii) are for human consumption; and

 (iv) are accompanied by evidence that the goods are a product of Australia or New Zealand;

 (d) pork crackling or pork rind that:

 (i) is shelf-stable; and

 (ii) is for personal use; and

 (iii) is for human consumption; and

 (iv) is clearly labelled by the manufacturer as a product of a country specified in Schedule 1;

 (e) meat floss that:

 (i) has been commercially manufactured; and

 (ii) is for personal use; and

 (iii) is for human consumption; and

 (iv) if derived from bovine, caprine, ovine or porcine animals—is clearly labelled by the manufacturer as a product of a country specified in Schedule 1;

 (f) meat jerky or biltong (other than meat jerky or biltong derived from porcine animals) that:

 (i) is shelf-stable; and

 (ii) is for personal use; and

 (iii) is for human consumption; and

 (iv) is not more than 1 kilogram; and

 (v) if derived from bovine, caprine or ovine animals —is clearly labelled by the manufacturer as a product of a country specified in Schedule 1.

7  Category 2 goods

  The following goods are listed as category 2 goods:

 (a) fresh fruit;

 (b) fresh vegetables;

 (c) fresh fungi;

 (d) fresh leaves;

 (e) fresh herbs;

 (f) fresh cut flowers;

 (g) whole unprocessed seeds that are not intended for sowing.

8  Repeal

  This instrument is repealed at the start of 1 January 2027.

Schedule 1—Specified countries

Note: See paragraphs 6(2)(b), (d), (e) and (f).

1  Specified countries

Each of the following countries is specified.

Endnotes

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

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Endnote 1—About the endnotes

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history

Abbreviation key—Endnote 2

The abbreviation key sets out abbreviations that may be used in the endnotes.

Legislation history and amendment history—Endnotes 3 and 4

Amending laws are annotated in the legislation history and amendment history.

The legislation history in endnote 3 provides information about each law that has amended (or will amend) the compiled law. The information includes commencement details for amending laws and details of any application, saving or transitional provisions that are not included in this compilation.

The amendment history in endnote 4 provides information about amendments at the provision (generally section or equivalent) level. It also includes information about any provision of the compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.

Editorial changes

The Legislation Act 2003 authorises First Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial and presentational changes to a compiled law in preparing a compilation of the law for registration. The changes must not change the effect of the law. Editorial changes take effect from the compilation registration date.

If the compilation includes editorial changes, the endnotes include a brief outline of the changes in general terms. Full details of any changes can be obtained from the Office of Parliamentary Counsel.

Misdescribed amendments

A misdescribed amendment is an amendment that does not accurately describe how an amendment is to be made. If, despite the misdescription, the amendment can be given effect as intended, then the misdescribed amendment can be incorporated through an editorial change made under section 15V of the Legislation Act 2003.

If a misdescribed amendment cannot be given effect as intended, the amendment is not incorporated and “(md not incorp)” is added to the amendment history.

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history