Biosecurity & quarantine

The Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia (DAFWA) works with primary industries to safeguard our agricultural resources from biological threats and to maintain our export opportunities.

The State’s reputation is underpinned by a comprehensive biosecurity and quarantine system, developed and operated by DAFWA.

DAFWA is involved with:

creation of surveillance and diagnostic programs
animal and plant risk assessments
importing and exporting requirements
creating mechanisms to respond to incursions
livestock movement and identification
development and maintenance of biosecurity and quarantine legislation.

To find out more about what we do to protect agricultural production and export opportunities within the State please search our website.

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Articles

1080 landholder information

13 December 2013

This article contains the booklet '1080 landholder information' and provides a general summary of a landholder’s obligations under the code of practice for the saf
The use of 1080 in wild dog control

24 March 2014

Most bait products registered for use on wild dogs in Western Australia use sodium fluoroacetate (1080) as their active ingredient. Landholders have certain obligations under the code of practice f
Ensuring correct use of pesticides

2 October 2013

When using pesticides the importance of producing ‘clean food’ while protecting human health and the environment is paramount.
Pest bird control: bait/toxin products

25 March 2014

This web page is part of the Bait and poison directory for vertebrate pests in Western Australia.
Rabbit control: baiting, how to use a towed disc drive

11 February 2015

This page provides instructions on how to lay rabbit baits when using a towed disc drive.