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Khapra beetle measures: updated exclusions to high-risk plant products list
Effective from 2 August 2021The purpose of this notification is to advise stakeholders that the exclusion list for high-risk plant products on the khapra beetle urgent actions webpage has been updated. The list of high-risk plant products is relevant to Phases 1 to 3 and Phase 6A part 1. The updated exclusions list of high-risk plant products is available on our webpage.
Note: The exclusion list for other risk plant products has also been updated. However, this list only applies to Phase 4 of the urgent actions which has been placed on hold.
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 is the change?
Exclusions to the high-risk plant products list have been updated. The following plant products arriving in Australia from 2 August 2021 are no longer considered high-risk:
- Commercially prepared and packaged goods that have been thermally processed so that the nature of the material has been transformed from their original raw form.
- Goods that are commercially processed to a powder, meal or flakes and packaged in bags less than or equal to 25kg (such as cereal flours like semolina, wheat flour, chilli flakes and ground spices).
Note: these goods do not require mandatory treatment from khapra beetle target risk countries but commercial consignments will require a phytosanitary certificate verifying freedom from khapra beetle. - Breakfast cereals, instant cereal beverage mixes, couscous meal mixes and snack foods that are commercially prepared and retail packaged.*
- Bakery and bread mixes (including whole seeds) that are commercially prepared and retail packaged.*
- Commercially prepared and packaged herbal teas, with or without seeds (including loose leaf and tea bags).
*An imported good is considered retail packaged if it has been commercially prepared and packaged overseas and is in a final state that requires no further processing, packaging or labelling prior to sale or use in Australia.
Note: Visit our webpage for a full list of exclusions.
Import conditions:
BICON import conditions for impacted goods have been amended to incorporate the revised conditions.
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
- Unaccompanied personal effects
- Returning Australian products
- Sesame seed for sowing
- Ricinus communis seed for sowing
- Mexican jumping bean seed for sowing
- Elymus spp. seed for sowing
- Chloris spp. seed for sowing
- Euphorbia lathyrus seed for processing
- Digitaria spp. seed for sowing
- Zeia spp. seed for sowing
- Leymus spp. seed for sowing
- Cooked seeds for human consumption
- Cocos spp. seed for sowing
- Pascopyrum smithii seed for sowing
- x Triticosecale spp. seed for sowing
- Ziziphus jujuba Mill. (Chinese jujube) seed for sowing
- Vitis spp. (grape) seed for sowing
- Coffea spp. seed for sowing
- Vangueria infausta seed for sowing
- Leucaena 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
- Azadirachta indica seed for sowing
- Nicotiana spp. seed for sowing
- Restricted legume seed for sowing
- Chestnut blight hosts as seed for sowing
- Banana seed for sowing
- Centrosema spp. seed for sowing
- Brachiaria spp. and Urochloa spp. seed for sowing
- Carthamus tinctorius seed for sowing
- Sesame seed for human consumption
- Carob and cocoa beans and husk for human consumption
- Prunus spp. seed for sowing
- Humulus spp. seed for sowing
- Gossypium spp. seed for sowing
- Persea americana seed for sowing
- Solanum tuberosum seed for sowing
- Zea mays seed for sowing
- Papaver somniferum seed for sowing
- Rutaceae seed for sowing requiring treatment and/or testing
- Myrtaceae seed for sowing
- Carica papaya seed for sowing
- Seed for sowing products
- Phaseolus spp. seed for sowing
- Papaver somniferum seed for human consumption
- Pea seed for sowing
- Regulated vegetable crop seeds for human consumption
- Linseed for human consumption
- Soybeans (excluding frozen) for human consumption
- Arabidopsis spp. seed for sowing
- Hemp seed and hemp products
- Ribes spp. seed for sowing
- Palm seed for sowing
- Agropyron spp. seed for sowing
- Raw seed for human consumption
- Bean seed for human consumption
- Medicago spp. seed for sowing
- Pearl barley
- Moko hosts seed for sowing
- Nuts and woody tree seed for sowing
- Fagopyrum esculentum seed for sowing
- Annona spp. seed for sowing
- Cannabis spp. seed for sowing
- Capsicum spp. (requiring testing) seed for sowing
- Coffee for processing or human consumption
- Millet for human consumption
- Brassicaceous seed for sowing requiring treatment
- Rice for human consumption or processing
- Vaccinium spp. seed for sowing
- Permitted seed for sowing
- Dactylis spp. seed for sowing
- Trichosanthes cucumerina seed for sowing
- Lagenaria siceraria seed for sowing
- Cucurbita pepo seed for sowing
- Unrestricted cucurbitaceous seed for sowing
- Dried herbs for human consumption
- Powdered herbs for human consumption
- Birdseed
- Cucumis melo seed for sowing
- Articles stuffed with dried herbs or seed
- Chickpeas for human consumption
- Processed grain and seed products for human consumption
- Tomato seed for sowing
- Whole lentils for human consumption
- Encephalartos spp. seed for sowing
- Whole dried peas for human consumption
- Camellia sinensis seed for sowing
- Mangifera spp. seed for sowing
- Orchid seed for sowing
- Pet food, supplements and ingredients of plant origin
- Roegneria spp. seed for sowing
- Cenchrus spp. seed for sowing
- Linseed seed for sowing
- Colocasia spp. seed for sowing
- Pennisetum spp. seed for sowing
- Aneurolepidium spp. seed for sowing
- Helictotrichon sempervirens seed for sowing
- Lodoicea maldivica nuts
- Setaria spp. seed for sowing
- Retail ready products containing a mix of grains, seeds, dried fruits and nuts for human consumption
- Processed nuts for human consumption
- Plant fibre products and seed handicrafts
- Cucurbita moschata seed for sowing
- Biodegradable and/or edible tableware and packaging
- Vacuum sealed nuts for human consumption
- Water chestnuts for human consumption
- Vicia spp. seed for sowing
- Dried herb products not for human consumption
- Horse chestnuts
- Triticum spp. seed for sowing
- Oryza spp. seed for sowing
- Panicum spp. seed for sowing.
- Hordeum spp. seed for sowing
- Lens spp. seed for sowing
- Secale cereale seed for sowing
- Avena spp. seed for sowing
- Helianthus spp. (sunflower) seed for sowing
- Sorghum spp. seed for sowing
- Ground or whole peppercorns and pepper for human consumption
- Pinus spp. and Pseudotsuga spp. seed for sowing
- Stockfeed, stockfeed ingredients and stockfeed additives
- Chestnuts for human consumption
- Dried grapes for human consumption
- Pelted wheat for human consumption
- Dried dates or doum for human consumption
- Dried vegetables for human consumption
- Dried fruit
- Brassicaceous seed for sprouting or micro-green production
- Truffles for human consumption
- Peanuts for human consumption or processing
- Dried apricot kernels
- Conifer (excluding Pinus spp. and Pseudotsuga spp.) seed for sowing
- Shelled pine nuts for human consumption
- Bulgur wheat for human consumption
- Malted cereal products for processing
- Tamarind for human consumption
- Freekeh for human consumption
- Groats for processing or human consumption
- Dried and whole Ziziphus spp. for human consumption
- Processed tuber and corm products for human consumption
- Maize for human consumption or processing
- Raw nuts for human consumption
- Khapra beetle sea container measures
- Split legumes for human consumption
- Mixed seed for sowing (permitted species)
- Mushrooms for human consumption
- Lolium spp. seed for sowing
- Fagopyrum esculentum for human consumption
- Allium spp. seed for sowing
- Sunflower kernel or seed for human consumption
- Xanthosoma roseum seed for sowing
- Cucumis sativus seed for sowing
- Daucus carota seed for sowing
- Citrullus lanatus seed for sowing
- Cucurbita maxima seed for sowing
- Plant species that are weeds
- Momordica charantia as seed for sowing
- Petroselinum crispum seed for sowing
- Plant material for research purposes