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Notification letter for Mushroom IRA
Letter as sent to stakeholders on 14 May 1998
T98/923
14 May 1998
Dear Stakeholder
I am writing to formally notify you that the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) will conduct an import risk analysis (IRA) on the importation of fresh edible cultivated and wild collected mushrooms into Australia.
The IRA will review existing import protocols, in particular, wild collected mushrooms, as well as conduct a risk analysis on wild collected species from other sources including Europe, North America and Japan.
AQIS intends to use the import risk analysis process outlined in the Government's response to the report of the recent review of Australian quarantine chaired by Professor Malcolm Nairn.
AQIS will be writing to you again in the near future to explain the proposed risk analysis process and to seek your views. I ask that peak industry groups who receive this letter keep their affiliates informed of this process.
Yours sincerely
Marion Healy
Acting Assistant Director
Plant Quarantine Policy Branch