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Many functions, individuals and organisations contribute to providing our biosecurity line of defence
A guide to New Zealand’s biosecurity system Part 3: Guarding the gate – preventing pests and diseases from crossing our border Eve Pleydell : HortNZ risk policy advisor In this third article focussing on New Zealand’s biosecurity system, we’re looking at what happens at our country’s border. In this increasingly interconnected and complex world, how do the biosecurity border teams know whether a passenger arriving from Australia is bringing an orange with them, or whether there are stowaway insects inside secondhand farm machinery being imported from Europe, or whether a small packet from South America contains seeds that someone has ordered on the internet?
It is unrealistic to simply expect our biosecurity border teams to catch everything
Key points: Biosecurity New Zealand’s border staff have the challenging job of checking whether people are following the biosecurity rules. very year there is more air freight, sea freight, E and international mail to check. Tourist numbers have taken a temporary knock but will go up again as international travel resumes. isk assessments and intelligence are used to R help identify the people and consignments that are more likely to be non-compliant and more scrutiny is applied to these. he border is more than just Biosecurity T New Zealand’s responsibility. Many functions, individuals and organisations contribute to providing our biosecurity line of defence.
The ORCHARDIST : JULY 2022
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