Australia adds breaded shrimp and undercooked super-processed shrimp to the Preferential Intervention Program

Published Aug 29, 2022

Tridge summary

The Australian Government has introduced incentives for bamboo and honeycomb (BBC) and high purity (HP) shrimp under the CBIS Program, effective from August 22, 2022. These incentives are aimed at rewarding products from approved countries that have a good compliance record with biosafety regulations. The inspection rates for these products have been reduced, and may increase if non-compliance is detected. These changes will not impact shipments already in Integrated Cargo Systems or those processed through 3rd party software.

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Accordingly, from August 22, 2022 BBC and HP shrimp from all approved countries will enjoy incentives in the CBIS Program. These products will be favored based on their history of compliance with biosafety regulations and the Australian Government's rate of risk testing. Specifically, for BBC shrimp, instead of 100% of the shipments having to check the original seal to verify the goods, from August 22, 2022, only a part of the shipments must be checked with the seal intact. For HP shrimp, instead of 25% of the shipments that must be inspected to verify the goods, from August 22, 2022, only a smaller part of the shipments must be inspected. This inspection rate will be increased if BBC and HP shrimp shipments are found to be non-compliant with biosecurity regulations during inspection, ...

Source: Vinanet