Fruit sourced from outside fruit fly pest free areas, or declared outbreak zones within PFAs, must be treated for Queensland fruit fly, Lesser Queensland fruit fly and Jarvis fruit fly and are subject to onshore cold treatment or in-transit cold treatment.
The following cold treatment parameters apply:
Innermost fruit pulp temperature (degrees Celsius) - Exposure period (consecutive days):
- 0 degrees Celsius or below for 13 days or more
OR
- 0.56 degrees Celsius or below for 14 days or more
OR
- 1.11 degrees Celsius or below for 18 days or more
OR
- 1.67 degrees Celsius or below for 20 days or more
OR
- 2.22 degrees Celsius or below 22 days or more
Fruit originating from Western Australia must be treated for Mediterranean fruit fly using the following cold treatment parameters:
Innermost fruit pulp temperature (degrees Celsius) - Exposure period (consecutive days):
- 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
In-transit cold treatment:
In-transit cold treatment (ITCT) may be carried out partly as a pre-shipment treatment commencing in Australia and completed in-transit. In the event of treatment failure, treatment may be completed on arrival.
A 'Certificate of loading and calibration record for an in-transit cold treatment' 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 loading and calibration record for an in-transit cold treatment'.
Onshore cold treatment:
Onshore cold treatment facilities must be registered establishments and also be export accredited by the department and Thailand Department of Agriculture.
Provided all conditions for Thailand are met, pears for export to Thailand are permitted to be treated with fruit of the same species destined for other markets.
Authorised Officers with the onshore cold treatment job function must supervise the commencement and completion of onshore cold treatment, including probe placement and loading of palletised fruit into the cold room.
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 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.