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Final report – Dairy import risk review

27 March 2025

DAFF released the ​Import risk review for dairy products for human consumption: final report​ on 4 March. The report considers the biosecurity risks associated with goods manufactured from milk obtained from domestic cattle, buffalo, sheep, and goats.

The key changes to risk management for imported dairy products are:  

• expanded risk management options for countries not recognised by the Department as free from FMD and/or sheep pox and goat pox
• removal of specific risk management for lumpy skin disease virus following new available research
• addition of risk management measures for peste des petits ruminants virus in imported dairy products (except for cheese) of ovine and/or caprine origin.

Further information, including details on the assessment process for dairy products from countries not on the , has also been published on the department’s website.   

There will be a transition period for the implementation of the new biosecurity measures. The transition period has not been confirmed but is expected to be a minimum of 12 months. Trade in dairy products will continue under current arrangements while new health certificates are negotiated. 

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