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Biosecurity at Ports

Biosecurity at Ports brings together sample quarantine, agricultural intake and contamination screening.

CUScommissionUnion-wide competence

The public purpose

Biosecurity at Ports brings together sample quarantine, agricultural intake and contamination screening.

Operational teams

CUS.02.01
Sample quarantine

Hold incoming samples under an accepted quarantine and scientific custody arrangement.

CUS.02.02
Agricultural intake

Assess admitted agricultural inputs before they enter a receiving food system.

CUS.02.03
Contamination screening

Test suspected contamination at a gateway without equating a screening signal with confirmed harm.

Programme responsibilities

Assessment evidence
Sample quarantine custody; Agricultural intake finding; Gateway contamination assessment
Accountable output
Biosecurity at Ports integrated programme finding
Programme custodian
Biosecurity at Ports
Independent review
Union Ombudsman

Requests and referrals

SVC-022
Clear a hazardous cargo manifest

A clearance, hold or referral with explicit transport conditions.

INT-013
Coordinate a cargo biosecurity hold

A joint custody hold with a proportionate release condition.

Biosecurity at Ports / division of work

CUS.02.01

Sample quarantine

Hold incoming samples under an accepted quarantine and scientific custody arrangement.

Accountable output
Sample quarantine custody
CUS.02.02

Agricultural intake

Assess admitted agricultural inputs before they enter a receiving food system.

Accountable output
Agricultural intake finding
CUS.02.03

Contamination screening

Test suspected contamination at a gateway without equating a screening signal with confirmed harm.

Accountable output
Gateway contamination assessment

Authority for biosecurity at ports integrated programme finding

Subject-specific assessment
A sample reaches a commercial port lacking the specified quarantine interface
Shared legal framework
Customs & Border Services Agency / powers
Handling complaint
Union Ombudsman
Contested legal finding
Union Court of Justice

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Office output: Biosecurity at Ports integrated programme finding