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