ICON Alerts
	The ICON Alerts page contains hot topics or major changes to AQIS import requirements. The list is in date order of publication with the most recent issue at the top. The information is frequently updated. The content of an ICON Alert may be continually updated with the Date changing and the Topic remaining the same.

	Date	Topic	Title

	Nov 20 2008	PQA0592	AQIS Biological Import Permit Approvals - update on delays in processing
	Nov 14 2008	PQA0546	Restructure of ICON cases for water
	Nov 14 2008	PQA0528	AQIS Import Clearance Industry Notices 2008-09 published on the AQIS website
	Nov 14 2008	PQA0586	Associating tariff lines with containers for FCL/X Sea Cargo
	Nov 14 2008	PQA0590	Expansion of Electronic Lodgement of Import Documentation - all regions including QLD and WA
	Nov 10 2008	PQA0591	Commencement of 2008-09 Burnt Pine Longicorn (BPL) season in New Zealand
	Oct 31 2008	PQA0588	Update on Entry Management Topic Changes
	Oct 30 2008	PQA0581	Change to eLodgement forms
	Oct 30 2008	PQA0520	Notice to AQIS staff and Seed Importers: Importation of seeds.
	Oct 23 2008	PQA0555	Reminder to importers of Dietary Supplements and Alternative Medicines
	Sep 29 2008	PQA0580	Introduction of eLodgement for Applications to Import Live Animals and Reproductive Material
	Sep 11 2008	PQA0579	Changes to Uncooked Peeled Prawns Health Status and Testing Requirements
	Sep 8 2008	PQA0578	Expanded group of ICON cases containing Entry Management topics
	Sep 5 2008	PQA0572	Restructure of ICON cases for earth materials
	Aug 25 2008	PQA0576	Methyl bromide fumigation - ambient temperature compensation
	Aug 22 2008	PQA0577	Delays in AQIS Import Permit Issuing
	Aug 21 2008	PQA0575	Changes to Import Permit application processessing for Used Machinery
	Aug 7 2008	PQA0573	Notice to AQIS Staff and Seed Importing Industry - AQIS updates import conditions for tomato seed
	Jul 30 2008	PQA0571	Notice to AQIS Staff and Plant Importing Industry - Stone fruit in Pre Entry Quarantine for Subseque
	Jul 24 2008	PQA0570	Notice to AQIS staff and seed importers - permit now required for all tomato seed imports
	Jul 7 2008	PQA0568	Prohibition of Pinus spp nursery stock and seed imports from Chile
	Jul 4 2008	PQA0567	Transfer of Responsibility for Soil and Water Permits to AQIS Biologicals Program
	Jul 3 2008	PQA0565	New Import conditions for Chestnut bark hoops
	Jul 3 2008	PQA0564	New import requirements for imports of sawn timber and logs from Chile
	Jun 24 2008	PQA0561	Emergency measures for nursery stock imports from New Zealand
	Jun 16 2008	PQA0560	Revised requirements for frozen Agaricus mushroom imports
	Jun 16 2008	PQA0558	Detection of a new bacterial disease in NZ
	Jun 12 2008	PQA0559	Change to import requirements for wine barrels and associated wine making materials
	May 21 2008	PQA0554	Clarification Regarding Uncooked, Highly Processed Prawns and Prawn Products
	May 7 2008	PQA0203	Industry Notice 29/2007-08 (bivalve molluscs imported for use as bait) published on the AQIS website
	May 7 2008	PQA0533	Burnt Pine Longicorn season 07/08 closure
	Mar 25 2008	PQA0543	Notice to the plant importing industry
	Mar 20 2008	PQA0549	Dairy Products and the Reinstatement of the UK as a Country free from Foot and Mouth Disease
	Feb 5 2008	PQA0542	Notice to AQIS staff and Nursery Stock Importers: Importation of nursery stock
	Jan 17 2008	PQA0544	Additional Laboratory Approved for Testing Imported Prawns for Quarantine Purposes
	Dec 26 2007	PQA0538	Introduction of the New Permanent Immunisation Treatment Certificate for Timber to be Postponed
	Nov 15 2007	PQA0447	Burnt Pine Longicorn season 07/08 commencement
	Nov 8 2007	PQA0534	Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak in Cyprus
	Nov 1 2007	PQA0532	Public Alert for Importers advising of Cooked Prawn conditions as of 1 November 2007
	Oct 17 2007	PQA0530	Preclearance of US citrus
	Sep 18 2007	PQA0526	Revised import condition for Timber oversize - Not for processing
	Feb 23 2007	PQA0021	Manufacturer's declarations - format requirements
	Feb 9 2007	PQA0507	How to search ICON for plant species
	Oct 25 2006	PQA0460	Timber and timber mouldings - Myrtaceae spp. - guava rust reported countries
	Apr 28 2006	PQA0472	What is timber packing and dunnage?
	Jul 12 2005	PQA0194	Government certification - format requirements
	Feb 1 2005	PQA0404	Changed import conditions for packing made solely from reconstituted wood products

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