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Internationally assessed for human health only
This section relates to introductions that are internationally assessed for human health only. You must meet all of the criteria described in each step to be considered a 'low risk' introduction under AICIS.
Guidance on this page must be read in conjunction with Step 4.2: Introductions that can be low risk for human health in our main Categorisation Guide. Step 4.2 relates to internationally-assessed introductions for human health.
If you have not followed our main Categorisation Guide, do not go any further until you do so.
If you have not followed our main Categorisation Guide, do not go any further until you do so.
Your introduction must meet all of the criteria described in each step of this section.
You can also use our decision tool to work out if your introduction meets the internationally-assessed criteria for human health .
- This section relates to introductions that are internationally assessed for human health only. These must meet all of the criteria described in each step to be considered a 'low risk' introduction under AICIS.
- This section relates to introductions that are internationally assessed for human health only. This section relates to introductions that are internationally assessed for human health only. These must meet all of the criteria described in each step to be considered a 'low risk' introduction under AICIS.
- This section relates to introductions that are internationally assessed for human health only. Your chemical’s end use in Australia must be the same as the end use overseas. Otherwise, you will not meet our criteria for an introduction that has been internationally assessed for human health.
- To meet our criteria for an introduction that has been internationally assessed for human health, the maximum end use concentration of the chemical in Australia must be the same or lower than the maximum concentration of the chemical during its end use overseas.
- To meet our criteria for an introduction that has been internationally assessed for human health, the risks to human health from the introduction and use of your chemical in Australia must be no higher than the risks identified in the overseas report. To work this out, you must look at each of the following parameters for your introduction in Australia and compare them with overseas.
- The overseas assessment of the chemical might include conditions or restrictions on how it can be used so that any risks to human health are properly managed. If so, you must be able to follow these conditions or restrictions in Australia.