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