sec.18What is a contaminant

### sec.18 What is a contaminant A contaminant is anything that may be harmful to animal or plant health or pose a risk of any adverse effect on a biosecurity consideration. The presence of a contaminant in a carrier may be harmful to any animal or plant, or part of an animal or plant, that the carrier attaches to or enters. The presence of a contaminant in a carrier may be caused by— manufacturing, packaging, packing, preparing, processing, producing, storing, treating or transporting the carrier; or environmental contamination of the carrier. pathogenic bacteria in irrigation water environmental contaminants, including dioxins and residual organochlorine pesticides and nanoparticles heavy metals in fertilisers and animal feed waste from industrial and mining activities, including waste containing asbestos, heavy metals or radioactive material weed seeds (sec.18-ssec.1) A contaminant is anything that may be harmful to animal or plant health or pose a risk of any adverse effect on a biosecurity consideration. (sec.18-ssec.2) The presence of a contaminant in a carrier may be harmful to any animal or plant, or part of an animal or plant, that the carrier attaches to or enters. (sec.18-ssec.3) The presence of a contaminant in a carrier may be caused by— manufacturing, packaging, packing, preparing, processing, producing, storing, treating or transporting the carrier; or environmental contamination of the carrier. pathogenic bacteria in irrigation water environmental contaminants, including dioxins and residual organochlorine pesticides and nanoparticles heavy metals in fertilisers and animal feed waste from industrial and mining activities, including waste containing asbestos, heavy metals or radioactive material weed seeds - (a) manufacturing, packaging, packing, preparing, processing, producing, storing, treating or transporting the carrier; or - (b) environmental contamination of the carrier. - • pathogenic bacteria in irrigation water - • environmental contaminants, including dioxins and residual organochlorine pesticides and nanoparticles - • heavy metals in fertilisers and animal feed - • waste from industrial and mining activities, including waste containing asbestos, heavy metals or radioactive material - • weed seeds