Annex

Information: Pest Risk Management measures for quarantine pests of dates from Egypt

Effective 8 October 2021 to 25 November 2021

Pest	Common name	Agreed Measures
Spider mites
Eutetranychus palmatus	Spider mite	Consignment freedom verified by pre-export visual inspection and remedial action if live pests are found (a)
Oligonychus afrasiaticus	Date dust mite
Oligonychus pratensis	Banks grass mite
Fruit flies
Bactrocera dorsalis	Oriental fruit fly	In-transit cold treatment at one of the following approved schedules: fruit held at 1.11°C or below for 14 days, or fruit held at 1.67°C or below for 16 days, or fruit held at 2.22°C or below for 18 days
Bactrocera zonata	Peach fruit fly
Ceratitis capitata	Mediterranean fruit fly
Mealybugs
Planococcus ficus	Vine mealybug	Consignment freedom verified by pre-export visual inspection and remedial action if live pests are found (b)
Pseudococcus cryptus (WA)*	Citriculus mealybug

(a) Remedial action includes either treatment of the consignment using an approved treatment to ensure that the pest is no longer viable or withdrawing the consignment from export to Australia.

(b) *WA Pest of quarantine concern for Western Australia.