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
- Ziziphus jujuba Mill. (Chinese jujube) for use as nursery stock
- 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
- Allium ampeloprasum for use as nursery stock
- Medicago spp. seed for sowing
- Cocos spp. seed for sowing
- Allium sativum for use as nursery stock
- Dracaena sanderiana for use as nursery stock
- Rosa spp. for use as nursery stock
- Punica spp. for use as nursery stock
- Gossypium spp. seed for sowing
- Nicotiana spp. seed for sowing
- Sudden oak death hosts for use as nursery stock
- Biodegradable urns
- Stock feed, stock feed ingredients and stock feed additives (not of plant origin)
- Baits, lures and fishing flies for aquatic use
- Rudraksha prayer beads
- Natural fibres (and their derivatives) of animal origin
- Job's tears articles
- Coir peat
- Animal trophies, articles and handicraft items
- Nuts and woody tree seed for sowing
- BPL affected timber from New Zealand
- Dried Tillandsia spp.
- Plant fibre products and seed handicrafts
- Laboratory animal food
- Raw and sun dried tobacco
- Banana fibre articles
- 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
- Empty Giant African snail shells
- Herbarium specimens
- Straw, cereal straw articles and products
- Bamboo products
- Archaeological specimens
- Metal waste and scrap
- Preserved and fixed animal and human specimens
- Goods made with rawhide
- Dried leaf skeletons
- Orchids for use as nursery stock
- Stock feed, supplements and ingredients of plant origin
- Incense
- Cotton
- Orchid seed for sowing
- Fencing, screening material and blinds derived from plants
- Annona spp. seed for sowing
- Plant material for research purposes
- Potpourri
- Thatching grass
- Sphagnum moss
- Gum products
- Peat
- Unidentified plant material requiring treatment
- Human therapeutics and medicines
- Tyres
- Logs, log cabins and oversize timber
- Timber and timber products
- Cane and rattan articles
- Dried willow and wicker articles
- Aquaculture feed and aquatic meals
- Fresh cut flowers and foliage
- Mentha spp. for use as nursery stock
- Biodegradable plant pots
- Noodles for human consumption
- Returning Australian products
- Ground or whole peppercorns and pepper for human consumption
- Fresh pineapple for human consumption
- Whole lentils for human consumption
- Linseed for human consumption
- Blanched and dried cowpeas for human consumption
- Whole dried peas for human consumption
- Hops for processing or processed hops
- Bean seed for human consumption
- Processed nuts for human consumption
- Powdered herbs for human consumption
- Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum host seeds for human consumption
- Rice for human consumption or processing
- Dried vegetables for human consumption
- Raw nuts for human consumption
- Dried grapes for human consumption
- Truffles for human consumption
- Fresh root vegetables for human consumption
- Fresh coconut and coconut meat
- Kava powder
- Dried apricot kernels
- Dried fruit
- Shelled pine nuts for human consumption
- Pelted wheat for human consumption
- Coffee for processing or human consumption
- Psyllium husks for human consumption
- Prawns
- Papaver somniferum seed for human consumption
- Popping corn for human consumption
- Fresh Allium spp. for human consumption
- Groats for processing or human consumption
- Soybeans (excluding frozen) for human consumption
- Chickpeas for human consumption
- Processed tuber and corm products for human consumption
- Processed grain and seed products for human consumption
- Malted cereal products for processing
- Dried and whole Ziziphus spp. for human consumption
- Fagopyrum esculentum for human consumption
- Cooked fruit and vegetables for human consumption
- Gulong tribute millet for human consumption
- Sesame seed for human consumption
- Hemp seed and hemp products
- Split legumes for human consumption
- Kibbled cereal mix for human consumption
- Dried seaweed for human consumption
- Horse chestnuts
- Dried dates or doum for human consumption
- Tamarind for human consumption
- Bulgur wheat for human consumption
- Freekeh for human consumption
- Sunflower kernel or seed for human consumption
- Dried herb products not for human consumption
- Tea for human consumption
- Fresh okra for human consumption
- Vacuum sealed nuts for human consumption
- Carob and cocoa beans and husk for human consumption
- Peanuts for human consumption or processing
- Chestnuts for human consumption
- Cocoa powder, cocoa butter, cocoa cake and cocoa liquor
- Maize grits for human consumption or processing
- Fish viscera for human consumption
- Vanilla beans for human consumption
- Raw seed for human consumption
- Dried herbs for human consumption
- Pearl barley
- Mushrooms for human consumption