Biosecurity Tasmania in Hobart, Tasmania | Government organisation

Biosecurity Tasmania

Locality: Hobart, Tasmania

Phone: +61 3 6165 3777

Address: 134 Macquarie Street 7000 Hobart, TAS, Australia

Website: www.dpipwe.tas.gov.au/biosecurity

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24.01.2022 Australian Food Safety Week starts tomorrow (14 - 21 November 2020) and provides a timely reminder of the risks from food poisoning and the measures you and your family can take to reduce those risks. Food poisoning is more than a minor stomach upset, it can be life threatening especially for the elderly, pregnant women and their unborn babies and people with compromised immune systems. This year Australian Food Safety Week 2020 will be building upon the good consumer behav...iour established during the COVID-19 pandemic so we can continue to reduce the amount of foodborne disease. Continue the good work by following the five simple food safety tips in this fact sheet from the Food Safety Information Council. More information is available at: https://foodsafety.asn.au/ Food Safety It’s in your hands Food Safety Information Council (Australia)

21.01.2022 The 2020-25 National Fruit Fly Strategy (NFFS) was recently released by the National Fruit Fly Council (NFFC). Developed as a collaborative effort between the NFFC, Plant Health Australia, Australia’s horticultural industries, state governments (including Tasmania), the Australian Government, Hort Innovation and various research institutions, the Strategy provides a coordinated framework to advance fruit fly management in Australia. The release and implementation of the NFFS,... together with a sustained, coordinated national approach to fruit fly management, lends strong support to the ongoing efforts aimed at reducing the risks of fruit fly to Tasmania. A copy of the 2020-25 National Fruit Fly Strategy (NFFS) and 2020-21 implementation plan can be downloaded from: https://preventfruitfly.com.au//national-fruit-fly-strate/

16.01.2022 Biosecurity Tasmania is proud to be partnering in the recent launch of Mission: Biosecurity - a suite of interactive and entertaining digital education and information resources aimed at increasing biosecurity awareness and encouraging all Australians to take practical but effective actions to better manage biosecurity risks in their environment, communities and on their properties. Video and podcasts featuring the popular Gardening Australia host, Costa Georgiadis, provide ...fun and informative hints, tips and advice on what can be done at home, work and in our natural environment to better protect our lives and livelihoods from the damaging effects of pests, weeds and diseases the Biosecurity Baddies! Start your Mission: Biosecurity today by visiting https://www.missionbiosecurity.com.au/ Biosecurity Be a part of it! #missionbiosecurity

14.01.2022 Are you planning on travelling to Tasmania soon? Did you know that there could be a pest like Queensland fruit fly lurking in any fruit and vegetables you might be carrying in your luggage? There could also be a nasty weed seed stuck to the soles of your walking boots.... You know that potted plant you packed as a gift for Aunty? Well it might have a plant disease that you didn’t even know was there! Please take the time to check all your luggage for restricted items before travelling to Tasmania. DO NOT BRING fruit and vegetables, seafood and some animal products, plant material, soil and seeds. If you do accidentally bring something please DISPOSE of it in the amnesty bin when you arrive, or DECLARE it to one of our biosecurity officers. For more information on Tasmanian biosecurity visit our website: https://dpipwe.tas.gov.au//travellers-guide-to-tasmanian-b For more information on Tasmanian border entry requirements visit: https://www.coronavirus.tas.gov.au/

08.01.2022 Join the "Adopt-a-trap" Survey - and help keep Tasmania free of exotic pests! The National ‘Adopt-a-Trap’ Survey is starting again soon. This important project was undertaken last season and is running again this season to check for and re-affirm that Tasmania remains free from a number of significant biosecurity plant pests. Biosecurity Tasmania is looking for volunteers from across Tasmania to host sticky traps on their properties during the periods November/December 2020 a...nd February/March 2021. For more information and for instructions on how to register for the survey please visit https://dpipwe.tas.gov.au//plant-/adopt-a-trap-pest-survey This survey will enable monitoring for exotic pests such as Tomato-potato psyllid (TPP), carrot psyllids, African citrus psyllid, Asian citrus psyllid, glassy winged sharpshooter as well as exotic leaf miners including; tomato leaf miner, chickpea leaf miner, serpentine leaf miner, vegetable leaf miner, and American serpentine leaf miner. Register now and help keep Tasmania free of these exotic pests!

06.01.2022 The CSIRO, in partnership with Animal Health Australia, Plant Health Australia and Centre for Invasive Species Solutions has published a report on Australia's biosecurity future. Download the report here: csiro.au/biosecurityreport

05.01.2022 Don't forget to check your blueberries and blueberry plants for any signs of rust. With the weather warming, Biosecurity Tasmania needs your help with the containment strategy to manage the presence of blueberry rust in the State. Check any blueberries you have purchased as well as your blueberry plants at home for any signs of blueberry rust.... Be on the lookout for signs of brown-rust coloured lesions on the top, and yellow-orange pustules on bottom sides of leaves, yellow-orange pustules may also appear later on the fruit. If you think you may have blueberry rust, please call Biosecurity Tasmania immediately on 03 6165 3777. It is very important that you do not disturb or move the plant Biosecurity Tasmania Officers will come to you. Care should also be taken to ensure that any clothes or equipment do not become contaminated. More detailed information on blueberry rust can found on our website: www.dpipwe.tas.gov.au/blueberryrust

05.01.2022 Biosecurity Tasmania congratulates the Department of Education Revitalising School Farms Initiative and the Hagley Farm School Visitor Centre on winning a 2020 Australian Biosecurity Award (ABA) - Education Category. This national award is a fantastic achievement recognising their strong commitment to making practical biosecurity education a key component of the agricultural curriculum at Hagley, and for the thousands of other Tasmanian students who visit the Field Study Centre each year. Good biosecurity is a shared responsibility and the receipt of this award highlights the important collaborative work being undertaken at the School, and through the broader Revitalising School Farms network. Proudly supported by Biosecurity Tasmania.

03.01.2022 Biosecurity Tasmania’s Senior Biosecurity Officer (Apiary Biosecurity), Karla Williams, has been very bizzzzy during the last 12 months. From field days, to meetings with junior beekeepers, presenting in webinars through to hunting down honey bee pests it’s BEEn a hive of activity! Read more about what Karla has been up to in her report on the Bee Aware website!... https://beeaware.org.au//tasmanian-bee-biosecurity-office/ See more

01.01.2022 Christmas fast approaches. It’s timely that you now remind interstate and overseas family and friends that there are certain things that cannot be sent to, or imported into Tasmania. To ensure that restricted items do not enter the state via the post, Biosecurity Tasmania uses a range of methods, including detector dogs and x-ray machines, to screen incoming packages. This webpage gives you a quick overview of the types of materials that can and cannot be sent: www.dpipwe.ta...s.gov.au/travellersguide Please help us protect Tasmania from introduced pests, weeds and diseases by passing on this important reminder to your interstate and overseas friends and family members. For more information, visit www.dpipwe.tas.gov.au/biosecurity, call 03 6165 3777, or email [email protected]