Changes
Changes to high-risk khapra beetle cases for personal use, travellers and mail pathways
Effective from 19 December 2024The department has modified the BICON cases for high-risk khapra beetle imports using the 'personal use' pathway. These changes include:
- removal of outdated information in the warning label and places still current information into the import conditions
- addition of destruction as an outcome for goods arriving via mail or travellers
- removal of warning from onshore outcomes.
Who does this notice affect:
Importers of products for personal use, subject to high-risk khapra beetle import conditions, arriving via international mail or travellers pathways and mail and travellers Inspections staff.
Further information:
Please contact Plant Import Operations on 1800 900 090 or email imports@aff.gov.au.
This Change applies to the following Cases:
- Carthamus tinctorius seed for sowing
- Unaccompanied personal effects
- Phaseolus spp. seed for sowing
- Pelted wheat for human consumption
- Pea seed for sowing
- Persea americana seed for sowing
- Peanuts for human consumption or processing
- Whole lentils for human consumption
- Plant material for research purposes
- Articles stuffed with dried herbs or seed
- Restricted legume seed for sowing
- Triticum spp. seed for sowing
- Cucurbit seed for human consumption
- Chickpeas for human consumption
- Dried capsicum or chilli (whole, crushed or ground) for human consumption
- Processed grain and seed products for human consumption
- Rice for human consumption or processing
- Raw seed for human consumption
- Split legumes for human consumption
- Cucumis sativus seed for sowing
- Cucurbita maxima seed for sowing
- Lagenaria siceraria seed for sowing
- Trichosanthes cucumerina seed for sowing
- Cucurbita moschata seed for sowing
- Soybeans (excluding frozen) for human consumption
- Citrullus lanatus seed for sowing
- Cucurbita pepo seed for sowing
- Whole dried peas for human consumption
- Unrestricted cucurbitaceous seed for sowing
- Apium graveolens seed for sowing
- Cucumis melo seed for sowing
- Cuminum cyminum seed for sowing
- Coriandrum sativum seed for sowing
- Foeniculum vulgare seed for sowing
- Celery seed for human consumption
- Bean seed for human consumption
- Fennel seed for human consumption
- Cumin seed for human consumption
- Coriander seed for human consumption