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Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) wish to advise of the following notification from the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment.
Following IAN 127-2020 issued on 13 August 2020, the purpose of this notification is to advise stakeholders that the department will commence Phase 2 of the urgent actions in mid-October 2020* to address the risk of khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium) on high-risk plant products that are hosts of this pest.
From mid-October 2020*, the following list of high-risk plant products (in various raw and processed forms for any end use) will not be permitted entry from any country into Australia within mail articles (including items posted using Express Mail Service) or baggage carried by international travellers (accompanied baggage):
- Rice (Oryza sativa)
- Chickpeas (Cicer arietinum)
- Cucurbit seed (Cucurbita spp.; Cucumis spp.; Citrullus spp.)
- Cumin seed (Cuminum cyminum)
- Safflower seed (Carthamus tinctorius)
- Bean seed (Phaseolus spp.)
- Soybean (Glycine max)
- Mung beans, cowpeas (Vigna spp.)
- Lentils (Lens culinaris)
| - Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
- Coriander seed (Coriandrum sativum)
- Celery seed (Apium graveolens)
- Peanuts (Arachis hypogaea)
- Dried chillies/capsicum (Capsicum spp.)
- Faba bean (Vicia faba)
- Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan)
- Pea seed (Pisum sativum)
- Fennel seed (Foeniculum spp.)
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The following exclusions apply: goods that are thermally processed that are commercially manufactured and packaged such as retorted, blanched, roasted, fried, boiled, puffed, malted or pasteurised goods, fresh vegetables, commercially manufactured frozen food and frozen plant products or oils derived from vegetables or seed.
Failure to comply with these requirements will result in destruction of the goods upon arrival in Australia.
*The implementation date will be provided in a subsequent IAN.
Please consult IAN 153-2020 for further information. To stay abreast of all developments and notices being issued we remind members that you can also subscribe to receive Industry Advice Notices direct from the department - the department had also started to release newsletters in relation to the BMSB season - to access these click HERE NOTE: the above link should also be used to UPDATE your current subscriptions
You may also wish to review the latest issue of Biosecurity Matters Sal Milici - Head of Border & Biosecurity FTA / APSA Copyright © 2020 Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) Pty Ltd, All rights reserved.
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