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Items for inclusion in Awareness Raising Guidelines

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Australia Group – Dual-Use Biological Equipment and Related Technology and Software – Version of 1 October 2025
Experts propose that the following items be included in awareness raising guidelines to industry:
1. []Equipment and technology (not specified elsewhere in the control list of Dual-use Biological Equipment and Related Technology and Software) for the encapsulation of live pathogenic micro-organisms, viruses and toxins, with a typical mean product particle size of 10 m or less.
2. Fermenters of less than 20 litre capacity with special emphasis on aggregate orders or designs for use in combined systems.
3. Conventional or turbulent air-flow clean-air rooms and self-contained fan-HEPA filter units that may be used for P3 or P4 (BL3, BL4, L3, L4) containment facilities.
4. Agricultural spraying UAVs or drones with a payload of 20 litres or less.