Australian Grain Industry Code of Practice - Pulse Australia

Export Grain Regulation
There are two international agreements that relate to plant
quarantine and the regulation of grain exports from Australia:
World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on the Application
of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (known as the WTO/SPS
Agreement)
The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) of the Food
and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
The Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Forestry (DAFF), under the Export Controls Act 1982, control exports.
The Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) is part of
DAFF and is responsible for this task.
Prescribed goods, such as grain intended for export, must be
prepared at registered premises. This requires that premises must
be constructed, equipped and operated in an effective and hygienic
manner, and be approved by AQIS. All exports that are prescribed
goods may only occur from these registered establishments. During
export, prescribed goods are inspected by officers of AQIS to ensure
it meets quarantine requirements of the importing country, as well as
complying with Australian export regulations.
Permitted Chemicals
There are three major types of insect control practiced in the
Australian grain industry:
Contact Insecticides (Fenitrothion, Dichlorvos, Chlorpyrifos-methyl)
Non residual fumigants
Inert atmospheres
Australian National Residue Survey
The Australian National Residue Survey (NRS) gathers information
on chemical residues and environmental contaminants in the
products of participating industries, such as crops, meat and grain.
The NRS is a program conducted by DAFF. Grain has been included
in the NRS monitoring program since 1964, when NRS expanded
to cover a wide range of agricultural commodities. The NRS
grain program was independently reviewed in 1993. The revised
monitoring program provides an independent and authoritative audit
of chemical residues in Australian grain for use by Government,
industry and consumers.
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