Treatment for Risk Group 3 regulated pests by Methyl bromide fumigation or cold disinfestation treatment.
Details of treatment to be endorsed on the phytosanitary certificate in the treatment section.
Treatment undertaken in-transit will not be certified on the Phytosanitary certificate in the treatment section.
The exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the treatment and present it to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.
Fumigation
Treatment for Risk Group 3 regulated pests by Methyl bromide fumigation, at a loading of not greater than 50% chamber capacity, at 48 grm/m3 for 3 hours at 15 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).
Cold treatment
Cold treatment may be undertaken onshore or in-transit at:
- 0 degrees Celsius, or below, for 13 days;
OR
- 1 degree Celsius (+/- 0.2 degrees Celsius) for 16 days;
OR
- 1 degree Celsius (+/- 0.6 degrees Celsius) for 16 days.
For onshore cold treatment, the exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the treatment and to present to the Authorised Officer at time of inspection.
