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Annex

Treatment: Methyl bromide treatment schedules for cherries from the United States of America

Effective 1 October 2019 to 2 June 2021

Fumigation must be with methyl bromide for 2 hours according to one of the schedules below and supervised by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA):

  1. 72g/m³ for two hours at pulp temperatures of 8.3°C or greater at 30.1% chamber load.

  2. 64g/m³ for two hours at pulp temperatures of 10.6°C or greater at 30.1% chamber load.

  3. 56g/m³ for two hours at pulp temperatures of 12.2°C or greater at 30.1% chamber load.

  4. 48g/m³ for two hours at pulp temperatures of 13.9°C or greater at 30.1% chamber load.

Fruit must not be fumigated if either the air or fruit pulp temperatures fall below 8.3°C. Where the air and pulp temperatures are different, the lower temperature must be used for calculating the concentration of methyl bromide required.