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