Pest Risk Analysis for Stone Fruit from New Zealand into Western Australia

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5 IMPORT CONDITIONS

The import conditions described below are based on the conclusions of the pest risk analysis. Specifically, these conditions reflect the proposed risk management measures in the previous section.

The components of the import conditions are summarised in dot point format below and the risk management measure that links with each component is given in brackets ( ).

Registration of export orchards (4.3.1.3a)
Registration of packinghouses and auditing of procedures (4.3.1.3b)
Pre-export or on-arrival methyl bromide fumigation (4.3.1.1)
Packing and labelling (4.3.1.3c)
Storage (4.3.1.3d)
Pre-export phytosanitary inspection and remedial action (4.3.1.3e)
Phytosanitary certification (4.3.1.3f)
Pre-clearance or on-arrival phytosanitary inspection, remedial action and clearance by AQIS (4.3.1.3g)
Review of protocol

5.1 Registration of Export Orchards

Stone fruit for export to Western Australia must be sourced from orchards registered with NZ MAF. A list of registered orchards is to be provided to AQIS and DAFWA at the start of each season and as amended by NZ MAF. NZ MAF is required to register each export orchard prior to commencement of exports from that orchard to enable trace-back in the event of non-conformance.

All export orchards are expected to produce commercial stone fruit under standard cultivation, harvesting and packing activities.

5.2 Registration of Packinghouses and Auditing of Procedures

All packinghouses intending to export fruit to Western Australia are to be registered with NZ MAF for trace-back purposes.

Packinghouses are required to identify individual orchards with a numbering system and identify fruit from individual orchards by marking cartons or pallets (one orchard per pallet) with a unique orchard number. The packinghouse and packing area would need to be well lit, and the storage areas will need to be secure to ensure fruit is not infested after packing.

Packing procedures should ensure that the stone fruit is free of pests of concern to Western Australia and regulated articles.

NZ MAF must ensure that fruit destined for Western Australia is not mixed with fruit for other destinations. The identity and origin of the fruit for export is to be maintained throughout the process.

The list of registered packinghouses must be kept by NZ MAF and provided to AQIS and DAFWA prior to exports commencing, with updates provided if packinghouses are added or removed from the list.

5.3 Methyl bromide fumigation

Methyl bromide fumigation for oriental fruit moth, where required, may be conducted in New Zealand or on-arrival in Australia. For fumigations in New Zealand, treatment schedules as specified in 4.3.1.1 are to be followed and recorded and monitored by NZ MAF. If treatment is conducted in containers, fruit should not be loaded until the pulp temperature of the fruit has reached the treatment temperature. If warehouses in New Zealand are used, NZ MAF will have to ensure the security of each consignment and monitor the treatment.

5.4 Packing and Labelling

Stone fruit must be packed into new cardboard boxes or cartons. No fresh or dried packing material of plant origin (e.g. straw) is to be used; only processed or synthetic packing material can be used.

Each carton must identify the packinghouse and be labelled with a unique ‘orchard’ number to allow trace-back in the event of non-compliance.

5.5 Specific Conditions for Storage and Movement of Produce

NZ MAF is to ensure that:

registered packinghouses are maintained in a condition that would provide security against reinfestation/reinfection;
the movement of stone fruit from the time of arrival at the storage premises through to the time of export is recorded; and
records of sufficient detail to allow trace-back to orchard and packinghouse must be available to AQIS through Biosecurity New Zealand, if required.

Packinghouses must ensure that records are kept to facilitate auditing by NZ MAF during grading, packing and storage.

Fruit inspected and certified by NZ MAF for export to Australia must be stored under quarantine security and segregated by at least one metre from all other fruit in a cold store until loaded into refrigerated containers. NZ MAF must ensure that container doors are sealed after loading.

Non-compliance with any of the above requirements will result in suspension of the facility by NZ MAF until corrective action has been completed and AQIS has agreed to reinstate the facility.

5.6 Pre-export Inspection by NZ MAF and Remedial Action

NZ MAF will inspect all consignments^⁶ for visually detectable quarantine pests and other regulated articles^⁷ (e.g. trash). The pre-export inspection requires inspection for quarantine pests of 600 units selected randomly from each homogeneous inspection lot^⁸ from a consignment. For stone fruit, a unit is defined as one fruit.

The detection of live quarantine pests, or dead oriental fruit moth in stone fruit from pest free areas, pest free places of production, pest free production sites or areas of low pest prevalence, or regulated articles during an inspection will result in the failure of the inspection lot. Remedial action may then be taken. Action for the consignment may include:

withdrawing the consignment from export to Australia; or
treatment of the consignment and re-inspection to ensure that the pest is no longer viable.

Detection of oriental fruit moth in consignments from pest free areas, pest free places of production, pest free production sites or areas of low pest prevalence will result in the loss of the relevant pest status. Recognition of the pest status for the affected areas will be suspended until Biosecurity Australia (in consultation with DAFWA and Biosecurity New Zealand) is satisfied that appropriate corrective action has been taken to re-instate the relevant pest status.

Records of the interceptions made during these inspections (live quarantine pests, dead oriental fruit moth from pest free areas, pest free places of production, pest free production sites or areas of low pest prevalence, and regulated articles) are to be maintained by NZ MAF and made available to Biosecurity Australia as requested or upon the detection of live or dead oriental fruit moth. This information will assist in future reviews of this import pathway and consideration of the appropriateness of the phytosanitary measures that have been applied.

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