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Annex

Flowers and foliage - Secure packaging - Lilium spp

Effective 14 July 2015 to 11 October 2016

The department only approves consignments to have the following packaging and transport requirements to be met:

  1. Integral cartons – sealed cartons without ventilation holes.

  2. Vented cartons with sealed holes. Holes must be sealed with plastic or mesh. Mesh pore size must be no more than 1.6mm.

  3. Sealed plastic liners placed inside vented cartons.

  4. Vials of water attached to the stems of flowers are permitted. Water or ice containers/packs used to cool the flowers are not permitted

Cartons not meeting these packaging requirements may be imported inside a fully sealed unit. The sealed unit must be transported to the inspection point intact.