Alerts
Post-fumigation verification inspections on cut flowers and fresh produce
Effective from 13 September 2016Importers, brokers and fumigators are advised that from the 19 September 2016 the department will be conducting post-fumigation inspections for consignments that are found to be infested with live insects. Consignments infested with live insects will be re-inspected 24 hours after methyl bromide fumigation. This hold time is required as insect mortality may occur sometime after treatment.
Consignments will be selected from each fumigator for post-fumigation inspections at the following rates:
Cut flowers – 10 consignments with live insects detected prior to fumigation
Fresh Produce – 5 consignments with live insects detected prior to fumigation
This verification activity forms part of an ongoing review of cut flower and fresh produce import pathways. The data collected will help inform the department of the effectiveness of methyl bromide fumigation and current fumigation practice.
Importers will be charged for the additional inspection as per the department's charging guidelines (http://www.agriculture.gov.au/fees/charging-guidelines).
Importers who continue to import clean material will not be affected by post-fumigation verification inspections.
For additional information please contact Plant Import Operations Branch at imports@agriculture.gov.au or phone 1800 900 090.
This Alert applies to the following Cases:
- Fresh apricots and interspecific stone fruit hybrids for human consumption
- Fresh salacca for human consumption
- Fresh wampee for human consumption
- Fresh babaco for human consumption
- Fresh choko for human consumption
- Fresh cut flowers and foliage
- Fresh okra for human consumption
- Fresh kiwifruit for human consumption
- Fresh stone fruit for human consumption
- Fresh pineapple for human consumption
- Fresh asparagus for human consumption
- Fresh capsicum, chillies and peppers for human consumption
- Fresh longan and lychee for human consumption
- Fresh pumpkin for human consumption
- Solanaceous produce for human consumption
- Fresh pome fruit for human consumption
- Fresh papaya for human consumption
- Fresh melons for human consumption
- Fresh snow or sugar snap peas for human consumption
- Fresh mushrooms for human consumption
- Fresh olives for human consumption
- Fresh figs for human consumption
- Fresh feijoa for human consumption
- Fresh leaves for human consumption
- Fresh berries for human consumption
- Fresh leafy vegetables for human consumption
- Fresh marrow, squash or zucchini for human consumption
- Fresh lemons for human consumption
- Fresh limes for human consumption
- Fresh grapefruit or sweetie for human consumption
- Fresh pomelo, tangelo and tangor for human consumption
- Fresh mandarins and tangerines for human consumption
- Fresh calamondin and cumquat for human consumption
- Fresh corn for human consumption
- Fresh granadilla, kiwano and passion fruit for human consumption
- Fresh Allium
- Fresh pomegranates
- Fresh herbs for human consumption
- Fresh avocado for human consumption
- Fresh Brassica spp. for human consumption
- Fresh root vegetables for human consumption
- Fresh persimmons for human consumption
- Fresh custard apples and cherimoya for human consumption
- Fresh grapes for human consumption
- Fresh etrog fruit
- Fresh dates for human consumption
- Fresh mangosteen for human consumption
- Fresh mango for human consumption
- Fresh oranges for human consumption