Alerts

The department will implement several changes for the fresh longan and lychee for human consumption case. This change includes:

1. Separate cases for longan and lychee,
2. reformatting of conditions outlining specific pre shipment and in-transit cold treatment requirements for China,
3. a new additional declaration on the phytosanitary certificate for in-transit cold treated longan and lychee from China,
4. removal of orchard control from the Thailand lychee pathway, and
5. the inclusion of a new element and procedure within the irradiated longan and lychee pathways. This procedure is for actioning pest interceptions at inspection on irradiated pathways only.

Who does this alert affect:
This alert affects Pathway Operations Cargo – Assessment and Inspections, Importers of fresh longan and lychee and Operational Science Services (OSS).

Further information:
For additional information you can email Plant Import Operations Branch at imports@agriculture.gov.au or phone 1800 900 090.