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Annex

Methyl bromide fumigation and preshipment cold treatment schedules

Effective 3 June 2016 to 15 December 2018

Methyl bromide fumigation plus cold treatment for the management of oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis) on table grapes from China

Preshipment fumigation with methyl bromide followed by preshipment cold treatment under one of the following schedules:

  1. Methyl bromide fumigation at 32 g/m³ for 2 hours at a pulp temperature of 21 °C or greater at not more than 50 % chamber load, followed by cold treatment at a pulp temperature of 2.77 °C or lower for 4 days.

  2. Methyl bromide fumigation at 32 g/m³ for 2.5 hours at a pulp temperature of 21 °C or greater at not more than 50 % chamber load, followed by cold treatment at a pulp temperature of 4.44 °C or lower for 4 days.

  3. Methyl bromide fumigation at 32 g/m³ for 3 hours at a pulp temperature of 21 °C or greater at not more than 50 % chamber load, followed by cold treatment at a pulp temperature of 8.33 °C or lower for 3 days.