Crops & other produce

Changes to Rural Law Online

Please note that the information on Rural Law is no longer being updated. For up-to-date information on the law about crops and other produce, search the Victoria Law website or follow the links on this page. Each link will open in a new window.

Plant breeders' rights

For information about plant breeders’ rights in Victoria, see:

• Intellectual Property Australia – Plant breeders’ rights

Seeds

For information about collecting seeds in Victoria, see:

• Seeding Victoria – Seed collection
• Department of Sustainability and Environment – Controls over protected flora

Plant disease

For information about controlling the spread of plant disease in Victoria, and importing plants to Australia, see:

• Department of Primary Industries – Biosecurity
• Department of Primary Industries – Moving plants and plant products within Victoria
• Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry – Vital information for plant producers
• Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service – Importing to Australia: plants grains and horticulture

Horticulture and nurseries

For information about export licenses for horticultural products, and levies and charges on horticultural products, see:

• Horticulture Australia

For information about the nursery and garden industry and the Australian Garden Centre Accreditation Scheme, see:

• Nursery and Garden Industry Australia

Forestry

For information about planning permits for plantations, the code of practice for timber production and laws controlling the forestry industry, see:

• Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry – Plantations and farm forestry
• Department of Primary Industries – Planning for timber plantations
• Department of Primary Industries – About DPI forestry
• Department of Sustainability and Environment – Code of practice for timber production

Organic farming

For information about organic produce certification and quality management procedures, see:

• Department of Primary Industries – Organic farming: the certification process
• Biological Farmers of Australia

Sale of farm produce

For information about exporting farm produce from Australia, see:

• Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

For information about the Horticulture Code of Conduct, see:

• Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry – Horticulture Code of Conduct

Selling grain

For information about selling grain, negotiating grain see:

• Stock Feed Manufactures’ Council of Australia – Guide to taking out grain contracts
• Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry – Plants, grains and horticulture

Food standards and safety

For information about food safety standards and laws governing food businesses, see:

• Food safety Victoria
• Food safety Victoria – Food business information
• Department of Health factsheet – So, you want to run a food business?
• Dairy Food Safety Victoria

Genetically modified crops

For information about genetically modified crops and genetically modified food, see:

• Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry – Genetically modified crops factsheet
• Food Standards Australia New Zealand – Genetically modified foods