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:
- Sesame seed for sowing
- Ricinus communis seed for sowing
- Mexican jumping bean seed for sowing
- Euphorbia lathyrus seed for processing
- Elymus spp. seed for sowing
- Chloris spp. seed for sowing
- Digitaria spp. seed for sowing
- Zeia spp. seed for sowing
- Leymus spp. seed for sowing
- Cocos spp. seed for sowing
- Ziziphus jujuba Mill. (Chinese jujube) seed for sowing
- Pascopyrum smithii seed for sowing
- Cenchrus spp. seed for sowing
- Roegneria spp. seed for sowing
- Pet food, supplements and ingredients of plant origin
- Linseed seed for sowing
- Aneurolepidium spp. seed for sowing
- Pennisetum spp. seed for sowing
- Plant species requiring further assessment
- Plant species that are weeds
- Colocasia spp. seed for sowing
- Setaria spp. seed for sowing
- Helictotrichon sempervirens seed for sowing
- Plant fibre products and seed handicrafts
- Lodoicea maldivica nuts
- Unaccompanied personal effects
- Biodegradable and/or edible tableware and packaging
- Vacuum sealed nuts for human consumption
- Water chestnuts for human consumption
- Horse chestnuts
- Chestnuts for human consumption
- Retail ready products containing a mix of grains, seeds, dried fruits and nuts for human consumption
- Processed nuts for human consumption
- Ground or whole peppercorns and pepper for human consumption
- Dried herb products not for human consumption
- Stockfeed, stockfeed ingredients and stockfeed additives
- Oryza spp. seed for sowing
- Vicia spp. seed for sowing
- Lens spp. seed for sowing
- Triticum spp. seed for sowing
- Powdered herbs for human consumption
- Groats for processing or human consumption
- Dried apricot kernels
- Dried grapes for human consumption
- Bulgur wheat for human consumption
- Freekeh for human consumption
- Malted cereal products for processing
- Dried herbs for human consumption
- Carob and cocoa beans and husk for human consumption
- Raw nuts for human consumption
- Dried fruit
- Peanuts for human consumption or processing
- Hordeum spp. seed for sowing
- Secale cereale seed for sowing
- Sorghum spp. seed for sowing
- Avena spp. seed for sowing
- Helianthus spp. (sunflower) seed for sowing
- x Triticosecale spp. seed for sowing
- Panicum spp. seed for sowing.
- Khapra beetle sea container measures
- Conifer (excluding Pinus spp. and Pseudotsuga spp.) seed for sowing
- Shelled pine nuts for human consumption
- Pelted wheat for human consumption
- Tamarind for human consumption
- Processed tuber and corm products for human consumption
- Brassicaceous seed for sprouting or micro-green production
- Maize for human consumption or processing
- Dried vegetables for human consumption
- Dried dates or doum for human consumption
- Truffles for human consumption
- Dried and whole Ziziphus spp. for human consumption
- Mushrooms for human consumption
- Restricted legume seed for sowing
- Cooked seeds for human consumption
- Vitis spp. (grape) seed for sowing
- Chickpeas for human consumption
- Plant material for research purposes
- Processed grain and seed products for human consumption
- Articles stuffed with dried herbs or seed
- Hibiscus cannabinus seed for sowing
- Vangueria infausta seed for sowing
- Cassava seed for sowing
- Telfairia occidentalis seed for sowing
- Leucaena spp. seed for sowing
- Azadirachta indica seed for sowing
- Dutch elm disease host seed for sowing
- Coffea spp. seed for sowing
- Centrosema spp. seed for sowing
- Banana seed for sowing
- Nicotiana spp. seed for sowing
- Chestnut blight hosts as seed for sowing
- Brachiaria spp. and Urochloa spp. seed for sowing
- Carthamus tinctorius seed for sowing
- Persea americana seed for sowing
- Phaseolus spp. seed for sowing
- Humulus spp. seed for sowing
- Gossypium spp. seed for sowing
- Pinus spp. and Pseudotsuga spp. seed for sowing
- Prunus spp. seed for sowing
- Carica papaya seed for sowing
- Millet for human consumption
- Pea seed for sowing
- Momordica charantia as seed for sowing
- Cucurbita pepo seed for sowing
- Fagopyrum esculentum seed for sowing
- Cucurbita maxima seed for sowing
- Petroselinum crispum seed for sowing
- Cucumis melo seed for sowing
- Trichosanthes cucumerina seed for sowing
- Zea mays seed for sowing
- Cucumis sativus seed for sowing
- Birdseed
- Palm seed for sowing
- Rice for human consumption or processing
- Capsicum spp. (requiring testing) seed for sowing
- Linseed for human consumption
- Dactylis spp. seed for sowing
- Whole dried peas for human consumption
- Nuts and woody tree seed for sowing
- Pearl barley
- Xanthosoma roseum seed for sowing
- Arabidopsis spp. seed for sowing
- Annona spp. seed for sowing
- Moko hosts seed for sowing
- Agropyron spp. seed for sowing
- Brassicaceous seed for sowing requiring treatment
- Cannabis spp. seed for sowing
- Raw seed for human consumption
- Tomato seed for sowing
- Sesame seed for human consumption
- Sunflower kernel or seed for human consumption
- Lagenaria siceraria seed for sowing
- Soybeans (excluding frozen) for human consumption
- Citrullus lanatus seed for sowing
- Fagopyrum esculentum for human consumption
- Papaver somniferum seed for human consumption
- Solanum tuberosum seed for sowing
- Split legumes for human consumption
- Rutaceae seed for sowing requiring treatment and/or testing
- Hemp seed and hemp products
- Ribes spp. seed for sowing
- Orchid seed for sowing
- Permitted seed for sowing
- Papaver somniferum seed for sowing
- Myrtaceae seed for sowing
- Medicago spp. seed for sowing
- Seed for sowing products
- Mixed seed for sowing (permitted species)
- Vaccinium spp. seed for sowing
- Lolium spp. seed for sowing
- Encephalartos spp. seed for sowing
- Camellia sinensis seed for sowing
- Mangifera spp. seed for sowing
- Allium spp. seed for sowing
- Bean seed for human consumption
- Unrestricted cucurbitaceous seed for sowing
- Daucus carota seed for sowing
- Returning Australian products
- Cucurbita moschata seed for sowing
- Coffee for processing or human consumption
- Regulated vegetable crop seeds for human consumption
- Whole lentils for human consumption