Australia Allowing Certain French Cheese Imports

Australia will allow imports of certain raw milk cheese from France with new recognized foreign government certificates, Australia’s agricultural agency said Aug. 4. The certificates, which are “consignment specific,” will authorize imports of French Ossau-Iraty and Roquefort cheese, Australia said. The imports must be accompanied by a certificate issued by France’s agricultural ministry, along with other import requirements. Australia said it will allow the imports because it “determined that France’s regulatory requirements for raw milk cheese production provides an equivalent food safety outcome” to Australia’s regulatory requirements.