Export of snake venom, venom derivatives and other products derived from snakes held by Venom Supplies - 2015
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Declaration of an approved wildlife trade operation
Department of the Environment, January 2015
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- Declaration of an Approved Wildlife Trade Operation - Gazetted 5 January 2015 - C2015G00018
- Proposal for wild harvest and export of venom, blood and body parts from Australian native snake species for approval under the EPBC Act 1999 (PDF - 3.74 MB) | (DOCX - 1.06 MB)
About the wildlife trade operation
This Approved Wildlife Trade Operation involves the wild harvest, keeping and breeding of snakes by Venom Supplies. Approval enables the export of snake venom, venom derivatives and other products derived from snakes held by Venom Supplies.
Snake derived venom, venom derivatives and other products have been used internationally for medical research into therapeutic compounds, production of human therapeutics and diagnostics, pure research and development of biological reagents.
This small–scale wildlife trade operation was gazetted on 5 January 2015 and will be in force from 5 January 2015 until 4 January 2018.