Proposed Health Certificate requirements for honey bee semen exported to Australia The certificate must accompany the consignment of bee semen. The Government Apiary Officer or Official Veterinarian must sign, date and stamp with the official government stamp each page of the certificate. The certificate must include a statement showing the exporting country and the name of the Government Apiary Officer or Official Veterinarian and contain a declaration as to the following with respect to the source of the honey bee semen for export to Australia: The colonies from the honey bee semen for export was sourced have been examined by a Government Apiary Officer or Official Veterinarian within 30 days prior to export and found to be clinically healthy and free from visible evidence of the hazards listed at clause 1.7.1 of the Requirements above. The country of export is free from Cape honey bees (A. mellifera capensis). The country of export one of the following three conditions: The country of export is free from Africanised honey bees (A. mellifera scutellata and its hybrids) and the country does not share a land border with a country where Africanised honey bees are known to be present. OR The country of export is free from Africanised honey bees but the country shares a land border with a country where Africanised honey bees are known to be present OR the semen for export has been sourced from colonies in a zone considered free from Africanised honey bees within a country where Africanised honey bees are known to be present. AND Testing of mitochondrial DNA within three months prior to export of a random selection of at least 10 worker or drone honey bees from the colonies from which the semen for export was sourced; or testing of nuclear DNA by a method approved by the Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has shown the colonies not to be Africanised. AND The exporter has confirmed that the drones producing the semen in the consignment have been confined to the colonies of origin by a queen excluder and have not been permitted free flight prior to semen collection. OR The bee semen for export has been sourced from colonies in a country or zone not considered free from Africanised honey bees and testing of nuclear DNA by a method approved by the Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has shown the colonies not to be Africanised.
Proposed Health Certificate requirements for honey bee semen exported to Australia The certificate must accompany the consignment of bee semen. The Government Apiary Officer or Official Veterinarian must sign, date and stamp with the official government stamp each page of the certificate. The certificate must include a statement showing the exporting country and the name of the Government Apiary Officer or Official Veterinarian and contain a declaration as to the following with respect to the source of the honey bee semen for export to Australia: The colonies from the honey bee semen for export was sourced have been examined by a Government Apiary Officer or Official Veterinarian within 30 days prior to export and found to be clinically healthy and free from visible evidence of the hazards listed at clause 1.7.1 of the Requirements above. The country of export is free from Cape honey bees (A. mellifera capensis). The country of export one of the following three conditions: The country of export is free from Africanised honey bees (A. mellifera scutellata and its hybrids) and the country does not share a land border with a country where Africanised honey bees are known to be present. OR The country of export is free from Africanised honey bees but the country shares a land border with a country where Africanised honey bees are known to be present OR the semen for export has been sourced from colonies in a zone considered free from Africanised honey bees within a country where Africanised honey bees are known to be present. AND Testing of mitochondrial DNA within three months prior to export of a random selection of at least 10 worker or drone honey bees from the colonies from which the semen for export was sourced; or testing of nuclear DNA by a method approved by the Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has shown the colonies not to be Africanised. AND The exporter has confirmed that the drones producing the semen in the consignment have been confined to the colonies of origin by a queen excluder and have not been permitted free flight prior to semen collection. OR The bee semen for export has been sourced from colonies in a country or zone not considered free from Africanised honey bees and testing of nuclear DNA by a method approved by the Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has shown the colonies not to be Africanised.
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