Alerts
Changes to Methyl Bromide Fumigation Methodology
Effective from 14 March 2019Who does this notice affect:
Importers, clients and brokers of commodities that are subject to pre-shipment or on-arrival fumigation.
Background:
The 'Methyl bromide fumigation methodology' sets out the minimum requirements for treatment providers performing methyl bromide fumigations on commodities and/or associated packaging for quarantine and pre-shipment purposes.
The department recently adopted the 'Methyl bromide fumigation methodology and supporting guide' for all relevant onshore approved arrangement holders and offshore stakeholders (AFAS arrangement holders). These documents have replaced the 'AFAS Methyl bromide fumigation standard'.
Further information:
Please see the departments external web page for further information on the Methyl bromide fumigation methodology or contact AFAS.
This Alert applies to the following Cases:
- Cacti for use as nursery stock
- Hypericum x inodorum for use as nursery stock
- Rudraksha prayer beads
- Natural fibres (and their derivatives) of animal origin
- Raw jute, jute waste and jute bales for processing
- Geotextiles for bioremediation
- Gum products
- Potpourri
- Incense
- Unidentified plant material requiring treatment
- Archaeological specimens
- Dried leaf skeletons
- Raw and sun dried tobacco
- Bee Pollen
- Gossypium spp. seed for sowing
- Daphne spp. and Gladiolus spp. for use as nursery stock
- Empty Giant African snail shells
- Plant fibre products and seed handicrafts
- Biodegradable urns
- Job's tears articles
- Articles stuffed with dried herbs or seed
- Coir peat
- Empty seashells
- Goods made with rawhide
- Guava rust hosts for use as nursery stock
- Allium ampeloprasum for use as nursery stock
- Allium porrum for use as nursery stock
- Mentha spp. for use as nursery stock
- Dianthus caryophyllus for use as nursery stock
- Aquatic plants that are hosts of Xylella fastidiosa for use as nursery stock
- Herbarium specimens
- Ornamental virus, Sudden Oak Death and Xylella fastidiosa hosts for use as nursery stock
- Punica spp. for use as nursery stock
- Rosa spp. for use as nursery stock
- Allium sativum for use as nursery stock
- Agathis spp. (kauri, dammar) for use as nursery stock
- Araucaria spp. for use as nursery stock
- Eustoma, Lisianthius, Bilamista, Lobelia and Urananthus for use as nursery stock
- Nuts and woody tree seed for sowing
- Orchid seed for sowing
- Cane and rattan articles
- Timber and Bamboo packaging
- Medicago spp. seed for sowing
- Camellia spp. for use as nursery stock
- Aquatic plants for use as nursery stock
- Aegagropila linnaei (aquatic plants) for use as nursery stock
- Dracaena sanderiana for use as nursery stock
- Rhapis spp. for use as nursery stock
- Daylily rust hosts for use as nursery stock
- Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum and Xylella fastidiosa hosts for use as nursery stock
- Xylella fastidiosa and sudden oak death hosts for use as nursery stock
- Thatching grass
- Annona spp. seed for sowing
- Ziziphus jujuba Mill. (Chinese jujube) for use as nursery stock
- Chrysanthemum x morifolium for use as nursery stock
- Hibiscus spp for use as nursery stock
- Sphagnum moss
- Dried Tillandsia spp.
- Straw, cereal straw articles and products
- Biodegradable plant pots
- Banana fibre articles
- Cotton
- Peat
- Sudden oak death hosts for use as nursery stock
- Bulbs that are hosts of Xylella fastidiosa for growth in open quarantine
- Aquaculture feed and aquatic meals
- Dried willow and wicker articles
- Tyres
- Timber and timber products
- BPL affected timber from New Zealand
- Cocos spp. seed for sowing
- Nicotiana spp. seed for sowing
- Used shipper owned empty containers imported as a good
- Metal waste and scrap
- Non-Commodity Cargo Clearance
- Bamboo products
- Ornamental virus hosts and Xylella fastidiosa hosts for use as nursery stock
- Animal trophies, articles and handicraft items
- Laboratory animal food
- Stock feed, stock feed ingredients and stock feed additives (not of plant origin)
- Xylella fastidiosa hosts for use as nursery stock
- Baits, lures and fishing flies for aquatic use
- Baits, lures, attractants and poisons for agricultural or domestic use
- Bulbs to be grown in open quarantine for use as nursery stock
- Medium risk plants for use as nursery stock
- Saintpaulia spp. for use as nursery stock
- Orchids for use as nursery stock
- Methyl bromide sensitive nursery stock
- Zantedeschia spp. (Calla lily) for use as nursery stock
- Bromeliads for use as nursery stock
- Ananas comosus for use as nursery stock
- Methyl bromide sensitive nursery stock that are hosts of Xylella fastidiosa
- Fresh cut flowers and foliage
- Stock feed, supplements and ingredients of plant origin
- Plant material for research purposes
- Preserved and fixed animal and human specimens
- Linseed for human consumption
- Shelled pine nuts for human consumption
- Processed nuts for human consumption
- Vacuum sealed nuts for human consumption
- Powdered herbs for human consumption
- Dried seaweed for human consumption
- Dried herbs for human consumption
- Horse chestnuts
- Logs, log cabins and oversize timber
- Bulgur wheat for human consumption
- Fencing, screening material and blinds derived from plants
- Blanched and dried cowpeas for human consumption
- Cocoa powder, cocoa butter, cocoa cake and cocoa liquor
- Noodles for human consumption
- Fresh root vegetables for human consumption
- Processed tuber and corm products for human consumption
- Cooked fruit and vegetables for human consumption
- Ground or whole peppercorns and pepper for human consumption
- Bean seed for human consumption
- Rice for human consumption or processing
- Dried grapes for human consumption
- Human therapeutics and medicines
- Dried vegetables for human consumption
- Truffles for human consumption
- Sesame seed for human consumption
- Fresh okra for human consumption
- Peanuts for human consumption or processing
- Tamarind for human consumption
- Fresh coconut and coconut meat
- Split legumes for human consumption
- Gulong tribute millet for human consumption
- Maize grits for human consumption or processing
- Carob and cocoa beans and husk for human consumption
- Prawns
- Dried and whole Ziziphus spp. for human consumption
- Fresh Allium spp. for human consumption
- Soybeans (excluding frozen) for human consumption
- Psyllium husks for human consumption
- Malted cereal products for processing
- Vanilla beans for human consumption
- Pelted wheat for human consumption
- Kibbled cereal mix for human consumption
- Fresh pineapple for human consumption
- Raw seed for human consumption
- Chestnuts for human consumption
- Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum host seeds for human consumption
- Chickpeas for human consumption
- Groats for processing or human consumption
- Tea for human consumption
- Sunflower kernel or seed for human consumption
- Dried fruit
- Freekeh for human consumption
- Dried dates or doum for human consumption
- Mushrooms for human consumption
- Whole lentils for human consumption
- Fagopyrum esculentum for human consumption
- Whole dried peas for human consumption
- Coffee for processing or human consumption
- Popping corn for human consumption
- Hops for processing or processed hops
- Fish viscera for human consumption
- Kava powder
- Dried apricot kernels
- Pearl barley
- Papaver somniferum seed for human consumption
- Hemp seed and hemp products
- Raw nuts for human consumption
- Dried herb products not for human consumption
- Processed grain and seed products for human consumption
- Returning Australian products