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
- 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
- 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
- Cane and rattan articles
- Timber and Bamboo packaging
- 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
- Thatching grass
- 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.
- Biodegradable plant pots
- Cotton
- Peat
- 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)
- 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
- Saintpaulia spp. for use as nursery stock
- Orchids for use as nursery stock
- Zantedeschia spp. (Calla lily) 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
- Preserved and fixed animal and human specimens
- Processed nuts for human consumption
- Vacuum sealed nuts for human consumption
- Dried seaweed for human consumption
- Horse chestnuts
- Logs, log cabins and oversize timber
- 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
- Cooked fruit and vegetables for human consumption
- Ground or whole peppercorns and pepper for human consumption
- Fresh okra for human consumption
- Fresh coconut and coconut meat
- Fresh Allium spp. for human consumption
- Psyllium husks for human consumption
- Vanilla beans for human consumption
- Pelted wheat for human consumption
- Kibbled cereal mix for human consumption
- Fresh pineapple for human consumption
- Chestnuts for human consumption
- Tea for human consumption
- Popping corn for human consumption
- Hops for processing or processed hops
- Fish viscera for human consumption
- Kava powder
- Returning Australian products
- Powdered herbs for human consumption
- Prawns
- Methyl bromide sensitive nursery stock
- Plant material for research purposes
- Dried herb products not for human consumption
- Bromeliads for use as nursery stock
- Nuts and woody tree seed for sowing
- Orchid seed for sowing
- Shelled pine nuts for human consumption
- Linseed for human consumption
- Bulgur wheat for human consumption
- Processed tuber and corm products for human consumption
- Rice for human consumption or processing
- Dried grapes for human consumption
- Truffles for human consumption
- Bean seed for human consumption
- Dried vegetables for human consumption
- Sesame seed for human consumption
- Freekeh for human consumption
- Dried dates or doum for human consumption
- Sunflower kernel or seed for human consumption
- Dried fruit
- Fagopyrum esculentum for human consumption
- Mushrooms for human consumption
- Coffee for processing or human consumption
- Dried apricot kernels
- Whole lentils for human consumption
- Whole dried peas for human consumption
- Pearl barley
- Soybeans (excluding frozen) for human consumption
- Dried herbs for human consumption
- Raw seed for human consumption
- Medium risk plants for use as nursery stock
- Daylily rust hosts for use as nursery stock
- Annona spp. seed for sowing
- Processed grain and seed products for human consumption
- Peanuts for human consumption or processing
- Tamarind for human consumption
- Split legumes for human consumption
- Gulong tribute millet for human consumption
- Carob and cocoa beans and husk for human consumption
- Dried and whole Ziziphus spp. for human consumption
- Malted cereal products for processing
- Maize grits for human consumption or processing
- Groats for processing or human consumption
- Chickpeas for human consumption
- Papaver somniferum seed for human consumption
- Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum host seeds for human consumption
- Medicago spp. seed for sowing
- Hemp seed and hemp products
- Raw nuts for human consumption
- Punica spp. for use as nursery stock
- Guava rust hosts for use as nursery stock
- Xylella fastidiosa and sudden oak death hosts for use as nursery stock
- Rosa spp. for use as nursery stock
- Camellia spp. for use as nursery stock
- Ornamental virus, Sudden Oak Death and Xylella fastidiosa hosts for use as nursery stock
- Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum and Xylella fastidiosa hosts for use as nursery stock
- Sudden oak death hosts for use as nursery stock
- Human therapeutics and medicines
- Banana fibre articles
- Straw, cereal straw articles and products
- Xylella fastidiosa hosts for use as nursery stock