G/SPS/N/AUS/451/ Add.1 
 
27 July 2018  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 27 July 2018, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Australia . 
 
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Biosecurity Advice 2018/15: New import conditions for breaded, battered and crumbed prawns for 
human consumption  
As set out in Biosecurity Advice 2018/15 published on the Australian Government Department of 
Agriculture and Water Resources' website on 27 July  2018 at:  
www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity/risk -analysis/memos/ba2018 -15 
Biosecurity Advice 2018/15 notifies stakeholders of the new import conditions for breaded, 
battered and c rumbed (BBC) prawns imported for human consumption. The notification includes 
Australia's updated model health certificate for prawns and prawn meat for human consumption, 
and further information on Australia's biosecurity requirements for the importation of prawns and 
prawn products for human consumption.  
All BBC prawns imported into Australia on or after 28 September 2018 must comply with the new 
import conditions.  
The new conditions considered stakeholder comments received in response to BA 2018/10. 
Australia has clarified that the par -cooking step (for example, pre -frying, or baking) is to be 
applied after the prawn has been coated to solidify and adhere the coating to the prawn.  
If competent authorities in the exporting country are unable to attest that  BBC prawns have 
undergone a par -cooking step after application of the coating, the prawn products must be 
managed as per Australia's import conditions for uncooked prawns which requires pre -export and 
on-arrival disease testing based on sampling and testi ng methods recognised by the World 
Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). Further information on importing prawns and prawn 
products into Australia can be found on Australia's Biosecurity Import Condition database (BICON), 
available at: https://bicon.agriculture.gov.au/BiconWeb4.0 . 
Competent authorities responsible for certifying BBC prawns products for export to Australia, and 
existing import permit holders will be contacted by the dep artment regarding implementation of 
the new conditions.  
Trading partners that can meet the new import conditions for BBC prawns are requested to provide 
written confirmation to the department before 28  September  2018.  G/SPS/N/AUS/451/add.1  
 
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  This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modifi cation of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified 
measure in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments s hould be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under 
other circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, 
the comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of t he addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification Authority, 
[X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of 
other body:  
The Australian SPS Notification Authority  
GPO Box 858  
Canberra ACT 2601  
Australia  
Email: sps.contact@agriculture.gov.au   
Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
The Australian SPS Notification Authority  
GPO Box 858  
Canberra ACT 2601  
Australia  
Email: sps.contact@agriculture.gov.au   
 
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