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Laboratory materials
The information below is required to accompany applications to import various laboratory materials:
- Antibodies
- Animal sera
- DNA/RNA and other molecular biology products
- Diagnostic kits
- Cell lines
- Proteins
- Microorganisms
- Animal tissue
- Food samples for laboratory analysis
Antibodies
The following information is required to accompany all applications to import antibodies:
- Species of origin;
- Country of origin;
- Specificity (eg. raised against synthetic material, mammalian tissue etc);
- Volume of smallest packaged unit;
- Transport medium (if any).
Animal Sera
The following information is required to accompany applications to import animal sera.
In volumes of less than 20g or 20ml per individually packaged unit:
- Species of origin;
- Country of origin;
- Volume of smallest packaged unit;
- End use.
In volumes of less than 500g or 500ml per smallest packaged unit:
- Species of origin;
- Country of origin;
- Volume of smallest packaged unit;
- Any relevant treatments (eg. filtration, testing for pathogens, etc);
- End use.
In volumes of greater than 500g or 500ml per smallest packaged unit:
- Species of origin;
- Country of origin;
- Volume of smallest packaged unit;
- Any relevant treatments (eg. filtration, testing for pathogens etc);
- Veterinary certification from an official government veterinarian, stating the species and country of origin, as well as the animal health status of the country of origin. This certification must be provided prior to approval of the Import Permit;
- End use.
DNA/RNA and other molecular biology products (BACs, YACs etc)
The following information is required to accompany all applications to import molecular biology products:
- Species of origin;
- Level of purification;
- End use.
Diagnostic kits
The following information is required to accompany all applications to import diagnostic kits:
- Complete contents of kit;
- Description of any animal derived materials (e.g. type of antibodies used, serum, etc)
- Details of the purpose of the test kit (e.g. to test for the presence of mouse hepatitis virus)
Note: this information is often covered by the package insert of the test kit.
Cell lines
The following information is required to accompany all applications to import cell lines:
- Species of origin
- Country of origin
- End use
Proteins (including enzymes, hormones, growth factors, etc)
The following information is required to accompany all applications to import proteins.
- Species of origin;
- Level of purification;
- Size of smallest individually packaged unit;
- End use.
Microorganisms
The following information is required to accompany all applications to import microorganisms:
- Scientific name including both genus and species (e.g. Escherichia coli). Note that for high risk species, serotypes/biotypes may also be required. If the microorganism can not be identified to the species level, provide a brief explanation of why;
- Brief description of microorganism (eg. pathogenicity, where it has been isolated);
- Location where the organism will be held in Australia (eg. at a Quarantine Approved Premises, for distribution to laboratories, etc);
- Physical containment level (e.g. PC2) and/or QAP level (e.g. Class 5.2) of laboratory, if relevant;
- End use.
Please note: An Import Permit is not required for many starter cultures (eg. baker's yeast, Lactobacillus spp.) Please refer to ICON for a list of these species, and the import conditions that apply.
Animal tissue
The following information is required to accompany applications to import animal tissue.
Fixed:
- No permit is required for tissues fixed in either:
- 2% gluteraldehyde
- 70% alcohol
- 10% formalin
- 4% formaldehyde.
Please refer to ICON for the import conditions that apply.
Unfixed:
- Species of origin;
- Details of the tissue type (eg. brain tissue infected with Neisseria meningitidis);
- Volume/size of specimen;
- End use.
Food samples for laboratory analysis
The following information is required to accompany applications to import samples for laboratory analysis:
- Type of sample
- Country of origin;
- Location to be held in Australia (e.g. at a Quarantine Approved Premises, for distribution to laboratories, etc);
- End use.