Exporters have the option to carry out cold disinfestations treatments onshore immediately prior to export or in-transit (which must be completed before the consignment arrives in India) in accordance with the following treatment schedule.

Cold treatment schedules

The fruit core temperature must be held at:

• 0.0   degree celsius or below for 13 days;

OR

• 0.55 degrees celsius or below for 14 days;
  

OR

• 1.1    degrees celsius or below for 18 days
  

Before commencing cold treatment, exporters must nominate the proposed cold treatment schedule.

Fruit must be pre-cooled to the nominated treatment temperature, or below, prior to commencing cold treatment.

Onshore cold treatment requirements:

• Onshore cold treatment must be supervised by an Authorised Officer with the appropriate job function
• Details of treatment to be endorsed into the DISINFESTATION AND/OR DISINFECTION TREATMENT section of the phytosanitary certificate.
• Temperature records are to be printed, signed, stamped and endorsed as “COMPLETED” by the Authorised Officer.

In transit cold treatment requirements:

• Cold treatment (e.g. loading/sealing for in-transit cold treatment) is to be supervised by an Authorised Officer with the appropriate job function
• The calibration of the fruit pulp temperature sensors must occur immediately prior to loading and sealing of the container.
  
• Once loaded and sealed the treatment start time occurs when all the fruit pulp temperature sensors are at, or below, the target treatment.
• During loading, it is the exporter’s responsibility to ensure temperatures are maintained as close as possible to the target treatment temperature while sensors are being placed in the fruit.

Fumigation:

• Methyl bromide fumigation at 40grm/m3 for 2 hours at 21 degrees Celsius or above at NAP or equivalent thereof against Mediterranean fruit fly and Queensland fruit fly.