It is the exporter's responsibility to ensure that the animal meets the importing country requirements.

Contact the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisher​ies for information about the process required to import animals into Japan from Australia.

Note

Where an importing country issues an import permit, the exporter must ensure the animal meets any requirements in the permit.

Health certificate

ANIMAL HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR HONEY-BEES TO BE EXPORTED TO JAPAN FROM AUSTRALIA

Name and address of apiary:

Note

Insert actual address of apiary. Ensure exporter declares that vendor/operator have been notified that their names and addresses will be provided to the Japan competent authorities as part of the health certification requirements.

I, Dr ………………………………, a duly authorised government veterinary officer, hereby certify that:

The animal health requirements for honey-bees to be exported from Australia to Japan (hereinafter referred to as "the exported honey-bees") are applied as follows.

1. The exported honey-bees are limited to queen bee units composed of one (1) queen bee and up to ten (10) escorts.


2. American foulbrood, European foulbrood, Varrosis, Chalkbrood, and Acariosis are designated as the notifiable diseases in Australia.


3. Permanent official sanitary surveillance of apiary must be under the animal health authorities of Australia and should be performed either by the animal health authorities of Australia or by representatives of an organization approved by the animal health authorities of Australia.


4. The place where the exported honey-bees are born and/or raised (hereinafter referred to as "the apiary") is approved for export purpose by the animal health authorities of Australia.


5. No case of Varrosis has been reported for at least two (2) years prior to the export to Japan within a radius of fifty (50) kilometers from the apiary.


6. No case of American foulbrood, European foulbrood, Chalkbrood, or Acariosis has been reported for at least eight (8) months prior to the export to Japan within a radius of five (5) kilometers from the apiary.


7. The exported honey-bees must originate from apiaries which are clinically inspected for Nosemosis, American foulbrood and European foulbrood within 30 days prior to export by the animal health authorities of Australia. After these inspections, the exported honey-bees shall not have contact with any other honey-bees or brood-comb which are not same health status as the exported honey-bees.
   
   
   • Date, methods and results of examination:


8. For Nosema one of following requirements shall be satisfied;
   
   
   1. (1)
      1. a) No case of Nosemosis has been reported for at least eight (8) months p​rior to the export to Japan within a radius of five (5) kilometers from the apiary, and
      
      
      2. b) The exported honey-bees shall be originated from apiaries which are clinically inspected for Nosemosis within 30 days prior to export by the animal health authorities of Australia.
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      Date, methods and results of examination:
      
      OR
   
   
   2. (2) The exported queen honey-bees shall be originated from an apiary that has been treated against nosemosis no less than four (4) weeks prior to export with the authorized active ingredient FUMAGILIN approved by the animal health authorities of Australia and tested free of nosemosis by microscopy smear test in accordance with the OIE terrestrial manual. The escorts shall originate from the apiaries tested free of nosemosis by microscopy smear test in accordance with the OIE terrestrial manual within 30 days prior to export by the animal health authorities of the exporting country. After these examinations, the exported honey-bees shall be not in contact with any other honey-bees or brood combs which are not the same health status as the exported honey-bees.
      
      Date, methods and results of examination:
      
      OR
   
   
   3. (3) The exported honey-bees shall originate from an apiary that was tested negative for Nosemosis by microscopy smear test in accordance with the OIE terrestrial manual by the animal health authorities of Australia within 30 days prior to export. After these examinations, the exported honey-bees shall not have been in contact with any other honey-bees or brood-combs which are not same health status as the exported honey-bee.
      
      Date, methods and results of examination:


9. The exported honey-bees shall originate from apiaries which were inspected within 30 days prior to shipment to Japan and were free from any clinical evidence of contagious disease of honey-bees (including any parasitosis) as a result of inspection conducted by the animal health authorities of Australia before packing.
   
   
   • Date and place of inspection:


10. The exported honey-bees must be certified as having no signs of any infectious disease through the careful clinical inspections conducted by the animal health authorities of Australia at the time of packing or shipment to Japan.
    
    
    • Date and place of inspection:


11. The containers and equipments to be used for transportation of the exported honey-bees shall be new.


12. The containers shall have structures to prevent the exported honey-bees from escaping, and to make it possible to observe them from outside and to take specimens for examinations. In case the structure is not possible to allow for neither external observation nor sample collection, the animal health authorities of Australia shall​ supply a sample of bees in another small container, which are collected from the same origin group as the exported honey-bees. The containers shall be marked in a way to identify the group.
    
    
    • Mark used:


13. During the preparation for export and at the time of shipment, the exported honey-bees have not ​been in contact with other bees, brood-comb or bee products that are not the same health status.​​

Owner or exporter declaration

Declaration by the owner or exporter of honey-bees from Australia to Japan

Details of shipment:

Date of export: __________________________________________

No of units: __________________________________________

Apiary(ies) of origin: __________________________________________

Declaration

1. The honey-bees to be exported are limited to queen bee units composed of one (1) queen bee and up to ten (10) escorts.


2. There has not been a case of American foulbrood, European foulbrood, chalkbrood, acariosis or nosemosis in the hives of origin during the 8 months prior to the date of export. I am not aware of any cases of American foulbrood, European foulbrood, chalkbrood, acariosis or nosemosis within 5 kilometres of the hives of origin during the 8 months prior to export.


3. The containers and equipment used for transportation of the exported honey-bees shall be new.


4. The containers shall have structures to prevent the exported honey-bees from escaping, and to make it possible to observe them from outside and to take specimens for examinations. In case the structure is not possible to allow for neither external observation nor sample collection, the animal health authorities of Australia shall supply a sample of bees in another small container, which are collected form the same origin group as the exported honey-bees. The containers shall be marked in a way to identify the group.
   
   
   • Mark used:


5. The exported honey-bees are limited to queen bee units composed of one queen bee and up to ten escorts.


6. ​After inspection, during the preparation for export and at the time of departure, the​​ bees for export to Japan have not been in contact with other bees or bee products (including brood-comb) that were not of the same health status.

Signed: ____________________________________ Printed name: ____________________________________

Date: ______________________________________

Pre-export preparations

There may be particular requirements for packaging the honey bees for export and you should check this.

Transport requirements

Japan allows animal imports at the following designated 17 ports:

Sea ports: Tomakomai Port, Keihin Port (Tokyo, Yokohama), Nagoya Port, Hanshin Port (Osaka, Kobe), Kanmon Port, Hakata Port, Kagoshima Port and Naha Port

Airports: Shin (New)-Chitose Airport, Narita International Airport, Tokyo International Airport (Haneda), Chubu International Airport, Kansai International Airport, Kitakyushu Airport, Fukuoka Airport, Kagoshima Airport and Naha Airport

Based on a health certificate issued in November 2021.

Entry last reviewed 3 November 2022.