Fruit sourced from recognised fruit fly pest free areas do not require treatment.
Fruit sourced from outside fruit fly pest free areas, or from declared outbreak zones within PFAs, must undergo cold disinfestation treatment for fruit flies.
Requirements for cold disinfestation treatment (in-transit or onshore)
Cold treatment schedules
Innermost fruit pulp temperature (degrees Celsius) over exposure period (number of consecutive days).
Fruit sourced from Western Australia must be treated for Mediterranean fruit fly:
- 1.11 degrees Celsius or below for 14 days or more;
OR
- 1.67 degrees Celsius or below for 16 days or more;
OR
- 2.22 degrees Celsius or below for 18 days or more.
Fruit sourced from all other states and territories of Australia must be treated for Queensland fruit fly:
- 1 degrees Celsius or below for 14 days or more
OR
- 3 degrees Celsius or below for 15 days or more.
In-transit Cold Treatment
In-transit treatment may commence prior to departure, in Australia, and be completed in-transit.
A 'Certificate of calibration for ITCT' must be signed and stamped by an Authorised Officer and the original attached to the Phytosanitary Certificate, which must accompany the consignment. The date of treatment initiation must also be included on the 'Certificate of calibration for ITCT'.
Onshore Cold Treatment
Onshore cold treatment facilities must be registered establishments and also be export approved by the department and Thailand Department of Agriculture.
Fruit must pass inspection prior to the commencement of onshore cold treatment.
Authorised Officers with the onshore cold treatment job function must supervise the commencement and the completion of onshore cold treatment, including probe placement.
Treated fruit cannot be stored with any other fruit and must be exported within 28 days of inspection or it will require reinspection.
Note:
- The onshore cold treatment temperature data (report) must be endorsed by the Authorised Officer (with the appropriate job function) to confirm that the treatment has been successful.
- For onshore cold treatment the exporter is responsible to ensure that each consignment is accompanied with the onshore cold treatment data and onshore cold treatment calibration and re-calibration record/certificate as required by the protocol.
Details of the treatment temperature and period (number of consecutive days) are to be entered in the "Disinfestation and/or Disinfection Treatment" section of the phytosanitary certificate.
The name and number of the registered establishment and the room number where onshore cold treatment was conducted must be entered in the ‘Lot number’ field (a free text field) of the EXDOC Request For Permit (RFP) as:
ONSHORE COLD TREATMENT AT <REGISTERED ESTABLISHMENT NAME> / <REGISTERED ESTABLISHMENT NUMBER> - <TREATMENT ROOM NUMBER>.
For example, ONSHORE COLD TREATMENT AT ABC FREIGHT / 9999-1.
There is to be no deviation from this text format.
A Thailand onshore cold treatment calibration and re-calibration certificate and treatment temperature record must accompany the phytosanitary certificate for the first commercial export consignment from each treatment room each calendar year.
