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