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Plants

Asparagus

No

Country:

 Cook Islands (CK)

Scientific Name:

 Asparagus officinalis

Group:

 Vegetables

End Use:

 Fresh

NPPO Details:
Ministry of Agriculture, Biosecurity Service, Rarotonga

Relevant Web Addresses:


https://agriculture.gov.ck/

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Export Criteria

Criteria Criteria Required?
Import Permit No
Phytosanitary Certificate Yes
Additional Declaration/Endorsement Yes
Protocol Market No

General Requirements

Consignments are to be free from pests, soil, weed seeds and extraneous material.

​Where applicable, the exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the endorsement and present it to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.


Regulated pests and diseases – Cook Islands:
Risk group 2 regulated pests:

Bactrocera bryoniae Bactrocera musae
Bemesia tabaci (vector) Conogethes punctiferalis
Phyllogphaga spp Thrips palmi (vector)

    
Risk group 3 regulated pests:
Bactrocera aquilonis Bactrocera bryoniae
Bactrocera cucumis Bactrocera frauenfeldi
Bactrocera jarvisi Bactrocera kraussi
Bactrocera musae Bactrocera neohumeralis
Bactrocera tryoni Bemesia tabaci
Conogethes punctiferalis Phyllogphaga spp
Tetranychus kanzawai Thrips palmi


Risk group 3 regulated pests – area freedom, verified by an official detection survey:

Bactrocera bryoniae Bactrocera musae
Bemesia tabaci Conogethes punctiferalis
Phyllogphaga spp Tetranychus kanzawai
Thrips palmi

   

Treatment

The exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the treatment and present it to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.

Details of treatment to be endorsed on the Phytosanitary certificate in the treatment section.​

Treatment by Methyl bromide fumigation, at a loading of not greater than 50% chamber capacity, at:

  • 16 grm/m3 for 2 hours at 32 degrees Celsius or above;

OR

  • 24 grm/m3 for 2 hours at 28-32 degrees Celsius;

OR

  • 32 grm/m3 for 2 hours at 21-28 degrees Celsius;

OR

  • 40 grm/m3 for 2 hours at 16-21 degrees Celsius;

OR

  • 48 grm/m3 for 2 hours at 11-16 degrees Celsius

The Cook Islands allows dosage compensation when fumigation is applied to commodities with core temperature below 21 °C (min 10 °C).

Additional Declaration/Endorsements

Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement 2618)
1) The Asparagus officinalis in this consignment has been inspected in accordance with appropriate official procedures and is considered to be free from regulated pests specified by the Cook Islands Ministry of Agriculture Biosecurity Service,
2) Been sourced from beds such that all hosts of (and including) the designated asparagus beds were inspected prior to the harvest of spears in the consignment and found to be free from signs and symptoms of Asparagus stem blight (Phomopsis asparagi) and Asparagus rust (Puccinia asparagi),
3) Have been fumigated with Methyl bromide.

Option 2 (EXDOC Endorsement 2619)
1) The Asparagus officinalis in this consignment has been inspected in accordance with appropriate official procedures and is considered to be free from regulated pests specified by the Cook Islands Ministry of Agriculture Biosecurity Service,
2) Have been sourced from beds that have undergone a pest control program that is effective against Asparagus stem blight (Phomopsis asparagi) and Asparagus rust (Puccinia asparagi),
3) Have been fumigated with Methyl bromide.

Reference

NPPO correspondence dated 12 October 2018​​

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Initial Uploaded: 29/07/2014
Reviewed Uploaded: 20/04/2023

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