Alerts
Khapra beetle measures: provisional alternative treatment options for high-risk plant products
Effective from 28 July 2021The purpose of this notification is to advise stakeholders of provisional alternative treatment options available for high-risk plant products under Phase 3 of the khapra beetle urgent actions.
Who does this alert affect:
Importers of high-risk plant products and other stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principal shipping agents, and any other operators in the sea container supply and logistics chain.
What’s the change:
Phase 3 of the urgent actions will commence in September 2021. It will introduce mandatory offshore treatment using an approved option for high-risk plant products exported from a khapra beetle target risk country via all commercial air and sea pathways.
Approved treatment options are heat treatment and methyl bromide fumigation. We recognise these options are not feasible for some products. As such, we have considered alternative treatment options, including modified atmosphere treatments.
We have published a document on our website detailing alternative treatment options available for high-risk plant products. These options are provisional measures only. Provisional measures are subject to change as further data and information becomes available.
We are engaging with peak industry bodies on the proposed alternative treatment options. Importers and treatment providers interested in using modified atmosphere treatments are encouraged to register their interest via email: offshoretreatments@agriculture.gov.au.
Import conditions:
BICON import conditions for impacted goods will be amended to incorporate the alternative treatment options closer to implementation date.
Further information:
For further information, see:
For:
- Questions and information related directly to offshore khapra beetle treatments, please email offshoretreatments@agriculture.gov.au.
- All other enquiries regarding these measures, please phone 1800 900 090 or email imports@agriculture.gov.au (please title the subject line of the email with ‘Plant Tier 2 – khapra urgent actions’).
This Alert applies to the following Cases:
- Plant species requiring further assessment
- Plant species that are weeds
- Plant material for research purposes
- Dried fruit
- Plant fibre products and seed handicrafts
- Dried herb products not for human consumption
- Mushrooms for human consumption
- Rice for human consumption or processing
- Elymus spp. seed for sowing
- Chloris spp. seed for sowing
- Digitaria spp. seed for sowing
- Carthamus tinctorius seed for sowing
- Humulus spp. seed for sowing
- Gossypium spp. seed for sowing
- Avena spp. seed for sowing
- Helianthus spp. (sunflower) seed for sowing
- Panicum spp. seed for sowing.
- Vicia spp. seed for sowing
- Lens spp. seed for sowing
- x Triticosecale spp. seed for sowing
- Sorghum spp. seed for sowing
- Triticum spp. seed for sowing
- Secale cereale seed for sowing
- Hordeum spp. seed for sowing
- Vitis spp. (grape) seed for sowing
- Oryza spp. seed for sowing
- Solanum tuberosum seed for sowing
- Restricted legume seed for sowing
- Encephalartos spp. seed for sowing
- Myrtaceae seed for sowing
- Allium spp. seed for sowing
- Moko hosts seed for sowing
- Fagopyrum esculentum seed for sowing
- Capsicum spp. (requiring testing) seed for sowing
- Xanthosoma roseum seed for sowing
- Cucumis sativus seed for sowing
- Cucurbita moschata seed for sowing
- Cucurbita maxima seed for sowing
- Cucumis melo seed for sowing
- Citrullus lanatus seed for sowing
- Cucurbita pepo seed for sowing
- Camellia sinensis seed for sowing
- Bean seed for human consumption
- Rutaceae seed for sowing requiring treatment and/or testing
- Dactylis spp. seed for sowing
- Arabidopsis spp. seed for sowing
- Pea seed for sowing
- Papaver somniferum seed for sowing
- Unrestricted cucurbitaceous seed for sowing
- Nuts and woody tree seed for sowing
- Medicago spp. seed for sowing
- Daucus carota seed for sowing
- Petroselinum crispum seed for sowing
- Lagenaria siceraria seed for sowing
- Trichosanthes cucumerina seed for sowing
- Momordica charantia as seed for sowing
- Vangueria infausta seed for sowing
- Seed for sowing products
- Annona spp. seed for sowing
- Zea mays seed for sowing
- Birdseed
- Mixed seed for sowing (permitted species)
- Fagopyrum esculentum for human consumption
- Brassicaceous seed for sowing requiring treatment
- Chestnut blight hosts as seed for sowing
- Pinus spp. and Pseudotsuga spp. seed for sowing
- Permitted seed for sowing
- Raw seed for human consumption
- Papaver somniferum seed for human consumption
- Cannabis spp. seed for sowing
- Nicotiana spp. seed for sowing
- Prunus spp. seed for sowing
- Whole dried peas for human consumption
- Persea americana seed for sowing
- Phaseolus spp. seed for sowing
- Carica papaya seed for sowing
- Linseed for human consumption
- Tamarind for human consumption
- Ribes spp. seed for sowing
- Pearl barley
- Dried dates or doum for human consumption
- Orchid seed for sowing
- Millet for human consumption
- Processed tuber and corm products for human consumption
- Conifer (excluding Pinus spp. and Pseudotsuga spp.) seed for sowing
- Coffee for processing or human consumption
- Vaccinium spp. seed for sowing
- Mangifera spp. seed for sowing
- Dried vegetables for human consumption
- Processed grain and seed products for human consumption
- Lolium spp. seed for sowing
- Soybeans (excluding frozen) for human consumption
- Chickpeas for human consumption
- Whole lentils for human consumption
- Helictotrichon sempervirens seed for sowing
- Sesame seed for sowing
- Ricinus communis seed for sowing
- Pascopyrum smithii seed for sowing
- Roegneria spp. seed for sowing
- Groats for processing or human consumption
- Sunflower kernel or seed for human consumption
- Hemp seed and hemp products
- Powdered herbs for human consumption
- Dried and whole Ziziphus spp. for human consumption
- Sesame seed for human consumption
- Dried herbs for human consumption
- Malted cereal products for processing
- Dried grapes for human consumption
- Brassicaceous seed for sprouting or micro-green production
- Stockfeed, stockfeed ingredients and stockfeed additives
- Freekeh for human consumption
- Unaccompanied personal effects
- Palm seed for sowing
- Peanuts for human consumption or processing
- Carob and cocoa beans and husk for human consumption
- Dried apricot kernels
- Retail ready products containing a mix of grains, seeds, dried fruits and nuts for human consumption
- Truffles for human consumption
- Coffea spp. seed for sowing
- Biodegradable and/or edible tableware and packaging
- Vacuum sealed nuts for human consumption
- Bulgur wheat for human consumption
- Regulated vegetable crop seeds for human consumption
- Maize for human consumption or processing
- Lodoicea maldivica nuts
- Returning Australian products
- Setaria spp. seed for sowing
- Pennisetum spp. seed for sowing
- Split legumes for human consumption
- Aneurolepidium spp. seed for sowing
- Brachiaria spp. and Urochloa spp. seed for sowing
- Agropyron spp. seed for sowing
- Khapra beetle sea container measures
- Ground or whole peppercorns and pepper for human consumption
- Horse chestnuts
- Chestnuts for human consumption
- Raw nuts for human consumption
- Centrosema spp. seed for sowing
- Tomato seed for sowing
- Cenchrus spp. seed for sowing
- Articles stuffed with dried herbs or seed
- Banana seed for sowing
- Mexican jumping bean seed for sowing
- Euphorbia lathyrus seed for processing
- Pet food, supplements and ingredients of plant origin
- Azadirachta indica seed for sowing
- Linseed seed for sowing
- Colocasia spp. seed for sowing
- Water chestnuts for human consumption
- Shelled pine nuts for human consumption
- Zeia spp. seed for sowing
- Leymus spp. seed for sowing
- Leucaena spp. seed for sowing
- Pelted wheat for human consumption
- Cocos spp. seed for sowing
- Hibiscus cannabinus seed for sowing
- Cassava seed for sowing
- Telfairia occidentalis seed for sowing
- Dutch elm disease host seed for sowing
- Roasted seeds for human consumption
- Ziziphus jujuba Mill. (Chinese jujube) seed for sowing
- Processed nuts for human consumption