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Plants

Capsicums

No

Country:

 Cook Islands (CK)

Scientific Name:

 Capsicum annuum

Group:

 Fruit

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.

Regulated pests and diseases - Risk Group 3

  • Bactrocera aquilonis
  • Bactrocera bryoniae
  • Bactrocera cucumis - Cucumber fruit fly
  • Bactrocera dorsalis - Oriental fruit fly - Not known to occur in Australia
  • Bactrocera frauenfeldi
  • Bactrocera jarvisi
  • Bactrocera kraussi
  • Bactrocera musae - Banana fruit fly
  • Bactrocera neohumeralis - Lesser Queensland fruit fly
  • Bactrocera tryoni - Queensland fruit fly
  • Ceratitis capitata - Mediterranean fruit fly
  • Atherigona orientalis - Muscid fly
  • Bemesia tabaci
  • Conogethes punctiferalis
  • Dirioxa pornia
  • Globodera spp - Cyst nematode
  • Lamprolonchaea brouniana
  • Phyllogphaga spp
  • Tetranychus kanzawai
  • Thrips palmi
  • Tomato yellow leaf curl virus

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 options for Yellow peach moth (Conogethes punctiferalis):
 
  • Irradiation at a minimum absorbed dose of 250 Gy;

OR

  • Methyl bromide fumigation, at 40 grm/m3 for 2 hours at 17 degrees Celsius or greater.
 
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 2624)
1) The consignment was inspected in accordance with appropriate official procedures and found to be free from any visually detectable quarantine pests specified by the Cook Islands Ministry of Agriculture Biosecurity Service,
2) The product has been irradiated for Yellow peach moth (Conogethes punctiferalis

Option 2 (EXDOC Endorsement 2625)
1) The consignment was inspected in accordance with appropriate official procedures and found to be free from any visually detectable quarantine pests specified by the Cook Islands Ministry of Agriculture Biosecurity Service,
2) The product has been fumigated with Methyl bromide for Yellow peach moth (Conogethes punctiferalis).

Reference

NPPO correspondence dated 12 October 2018​​

Latest updates

 

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

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