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