INSPECTOR'S APPROVAL 7.2 Introduction into Queensland of host fruit of Mediterranean fruit fly. Plant Protection Act 1989 Plant Protection Regulation 2002 Section 90 I, Gareth Frederick Artlett, an inspector appointed under the Plant Protection Act 1989, acting in accordance with section 11(7) of the Plant Protection Act 1989 and for the purposes of preventing the introduction of Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitus capitata (Wiederman) (Medfly) revoke Inspector’s Approval No. 7.1 dated 4 August 2008, issued by Cameron Edward Charles Tree and hereby approve the introduction into Queensland of a host fruit of Medfly that has been grown at, or comes from a place within 7.5 km (meaning 7.5 km or less) from a Medfly infestation, provided it is certified as having been treated with an Approved Treatment or is in an Approved Condition as listed below. Host fruit of Medfly that has been grown at, or comes from a place more than 7.5 km from a Medfly infestation does not require treatment, or does not need to be in an approved condition to be introduced into Queensland. APPROVED TREATMENTS (A to F) Treatments must be supervised (including temperature monitoring) by an interstate inspector or carried out under an Interstate Certification Assurance (ICA) arrangement. See Appendix 2 for list of approved ICA operational procedures. Required Certification: Plant Health Certificate1 or Plant Health Assurance Certificate2. A. Methyl bromide fumigation (all fruits listed in Appendix 1) Fruit listed from a host plant listed in Appendix 1 may be treated at the rates specified below, which vary depending on the temperature of the produce to be treated. 10°C - 10.9°C @ 56 g/m3 for 2 hours; or 11°C - 15.9°C @ 48 g/m3 for 2 hours; or 16°C - 20.9°C @ 40 g/m3 for 2 hours; or 21°C - 25.9°C @ 32 g/m3 for 2 hours. Defective-flower-end type papaya must be certified as being in mature green condition at the time of packing prior to fumigation. Caution: some fruit may be damaged by this treatment. A trial treatment is recommended unless the response of fruit to this treatment is known. 1 “Plant Health Certificate” means a certificate issued by an inspector under the Plant Protection Act 1989 or under corresponding law in another State or Territory stating that the plant or other thing described by the certificate meets a specified treatment, condition, pest or area freedom or other requirement. Prior to despatch of the consignment, and three working days in advance, a copy of the Plant Health Certificate and any issued, associated or related documents attached, shall be faxed to the Biosecurity Officer, Biosecurity Queensland, (07) 3087 8328. As an alternative to transmission by facsimile, a copy of the Plant Health Certificate issued and any associated attachments in their electronic format must be e-mailed to:- [email protected] 2 “Plant Health Assurance Certificate (PHAC)” means a PHAC issued by an authorised signatory of an accredited business within the exporting State or Territory whose name appears in the relevant section of the business’s current application for accreditation. PHACs shall be in a form accepted by Biosecurity Queensland and must include the name and address of the consignor and consignee, and the Interstate Produce Number of the consignor. Note that there must be sufficient information on the certificate for Biosecurity Queensland to easily determine the type/variety and quantity of each item consigned to an individual consignee. Plant Protection Regulation 2002 – Inspector’s Approval No 7.2 Page 1 of 8 C:\Users\bevisc\Desktop\IA_7 2_medfly_hosts 25 September 2014.docx INSPECTOR'S APPROVAL 7.2 B. Fenthion dipping (avocado, mango and tamarillo only) Full immersion of the fruit in a mixture containing 412.5 ppm fenthion for a period of not less than 60 seconds. This must be the last treatment before packing. C. Fenthion flood spraying (avocado, mango and tamarillo only) Flood spraying the fruit in a single layer with a mixture containing 412.5 ppm fenthion in a high volume application of at least 16 litres per minute for each square metre of the area being sprayed. This must provide complete coverage of the fruit for a minimum of 10 seconds, after which the fruit must remain wet for not less than 60 seconds. This must be the last treatment before packing. D. Cold treatment (cold tolerant fruits listed in Part A of Appendix 1, including apple, pear, nashi, grape, citrus, kiwifruit and stonefruit) Fruit may be held at one of the temperature/time combinations indicated below. The treatment commences when the core temperature of the produce reaches the temperature indicated below. 0°C ± 0.5°C for at least 14 days 1°C ± 0.5°C for at least 16 days (lemons 14 days) 2°C ± 0.5°C for at least 18 days (lemons 16 days) 3°C ± 0.5°C for at least 20 days (lemons 18 days). Verification of Cold Treatment Using Return Air Temperature Records of the return air temperature may be used to verify cold treatment for fruit in long term air or controlled atmosphere (CA) cold storage when return air temperature has been maintained at or below the selected target temperature for at least 4 weeks prior to treatment commencing. This option shall only be used for controlled atmosphere or air stored fruit that cannot be accessed to place pulp temperature sensors. Caution: some fruit may be damaged by this treatment. A trial treatment is recommended, unless the response of fruit to this treatment is known. E. Heat treatment using hot water dipping, high temperature forced air or vapour heat - for mango only Fruit is held at a pulp temperature of 47°C for 15 minutes. F. Irradiation - breadfruit, carambola, custard apple, longan, litchi (lychee), mango, mangostan (mangosteen), papaya, rambutan, tomato, capsicum and persimmon only Fresh fruit and vegetables certified for this treatment must be approved by Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ) to be irradiated and must be treated in accordance with the following requirements:- • Minimum absorbed dose of 150 Gy for fruit flies of the family Tephritidae (Diptera – Tephritidae). • Minimum absorbed dose of 400 Gy for all pests of the phylum Arthropoda (excluding Lepidopteron that pupate internally). Plant Protection Regulation 2002 – Inspector’s Approval No 7.2 Page 2 of 8 INSPECTOR'S APPROVAL 7.2 APPROVED CONDITIONS (G to H) Required Certification: Plant Health Certificate or Plant Health Assurance Certificate. G. Mature green condition (avocado, babaco, banana, lime, and papaya only) Fruit from a host plant listed in Part B of Appendix 1 that come from within 7.5 km of a Medfly infestation may enter Queensland if harvested in a mature green condition. For avocado: hard condition means the flesh is not soft or softening, the skin is not cracked and the skin has no pre-harvest cracks, punctures, pulled stems or other breaks which penetrate through the skin and that have not healed with callus tissue, on any part of the fruit that have been deliberately detached from healthy branches of living trees. For babaco and papaya (non-defective flowering type only): mature green condition means hard, not soft or softening, or having any isolated soft areas on any part of the fruit and with no more than 25% of their ripe colouration when assessed over the entire surface area. For banana: mature green condition means the flesh is hard and not flexible, the skin is green and shows no yellow colouration except for areas towards the flower end of a fruit where the sun has bleached the skin but the flesh beneath is still hard, and has no pre- harvest cracks, splits, punctures or other breaks that penetrate through to the flesh. For limes (Rangpur Lime, Tahitian Lime and West Indian Lime): mature green condition means free of any yellow colouring with unbroken skin. H. Unbroken skin (durian, lychee, mangosteen, passionfruit, pomegranate, and rambutan only) Fruit from a host plant listed in Part C of Appendix 1 that comes from within 7.5 km of a Medfly infestation may enter Queensland if at the time of harvest its skin has not been broken and its flesh has not been exposed. This approval will remain in force until midnight on 25 September 2016, unless revoked earlier by a Plant Health Inspector3. Signed: ________________________________ INSPECTOR th This 25 day of September 2014 in Brisbane. 3 “Plant Health Inspector” means a person appointed under the Plant Protection Act 1989. Plant Protection Regulation 2002 – Inspector’s Approval No 7.2 Page 3 of 8 Appendix 1 MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY HOSTS Part A – Host fruit requiring treatment Common Name Scientific Name and Author abiu Pouteria caimito (Ruiz & Pavon) Radlk. [Sapotaceae] acerola Malpighia glabra (L.) [Malpighiaceae] M. glabra x M. punicifolia (L.) (Barbados cherry) akee Blighia sapida K.König [Spaindacea] akia Wikstroemia phillyreifolia Gray [Thymelaeaceae] almond (with husk) Prunus amygdalus Batsch [Rosaceae] Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb apple Malus domestica Borkh L. [Rosaceae] M. sylvestris Mill. [Rosaceae] (Crab apple) apricot Prunus armeniaca L. [Rosaceae] Barbados cherry Malpighia punicifolia (L.) [Malpighiaceae] blackberry Rubus fruiticosus L. [Rosaceae] black sapote Diospyros digyna Jacq. [Lythraceae] black walnut Juglans nigra L. [Juglandaceae] blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum L. [Ericaceae] breadfruit Artocarpus altilis (Parkinsonia) Fosb. [Moraceae] boxthorn Lycium europaeum L. [Solanaceae] bourbon orange Ochrosia elliptica Labill. [Apocynaceae] Brazil cherry see Grumichama camito (star cherry) Chrysophyllum cainito L. [Sapotaceae] calamondin orange Citrofortunella mitis (Blanco) J. Ingram and H. Moore [Rutaceae] Cape gooseberry Physalis peruviana L. [Solanaceae] capsicum Capsicum annuum L. var. grossum (L.) Sendt [Solanaceae] carambola (star fruit) Averrhoa carambola L.