Consignments are to be free from pests, soil, weed seeds and extraneous material.

A copy of the import permit must be presented to an Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.

Pears sourced from Western Australia are prohibited to be exported to the USA.

USDA recognise Tasmania as Area Free for both Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) and Queensland fruit fly (Bactrocera tryoni).

Treatment is not required for fruit which has been sourced / produced and exported from Tasmania.

Consignments from Tasmanian are required to be certified as Tasmanian origin and each container to be marked as being of Tasmanian origin.

Pests of concern are:

 

• Light brown apple moth (Epiphyas postvittana)
• Queensland fruit fly (Bactrocera tryoni)
• Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata)
• fruit-leaf roller moths (Tortricidae family)
• all other fruit flies

If pests of the family Tortricidae are found during phytosanitary inspection the consignment must be treated with methyl bromide.

Treatment facilities must be certified by APHIS and undertaken on-shore in Australia under USDA, APHIS supervision 

Consignments from Mainland Australia (not including Western Australia which is prohibited) must undergo in-transit cold treatment as per the following schedule:

• 0 degrees celsius (or below) for 13 days;

OR

• 0.56 degrees celsius (or below) for 14 days;

OR

• 1.11 degrees celsius (or below) for 18 days;

OR

• 1.67 degrees celsius (or below) for 20 days;

OR

• 2.22 degrees celsius (or below) for 22 days .

An authorised officer must successfully complete USDA training to supervise container loading and initiation of cold treatment. Authorised officers are not responsible for operating or setting up cold treatment recording systems.

1) The fruit in this consignment was inspected and found free of all life stages of Light Brown Apple moth (Epiphyas postvittana).