Asparagus

Country
Cook Islands (CK)
Scientific Name
Asparagus officinalis
Group
Vegetables
End use
Fresh
NPPO Details
Ministry of Agriculture, Biosecurity Service, Rarotonga
Relevant Web Addresses
https://agriculture.gov.ck/
Criteria Criteria Required?
Import Permit No
Phytosanitary Certificate Yes
Additional Declaration/Endorsement Yes
Protocol Market No

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


Where applicable, the exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the endorsement and present it to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.


Regulated pests and diseases – Cook Islands:
Risk group 2 regulated pests:

Bactrocera bryoniaeBactrocera musae
Bemesia tabaci (vector)Conogethes punctiferalis
Phyllogphaga sppThrips palmi (vector)

    
Risk group 3 regulated pests:
Bactrocera aquilonisBactrocera bryoniae
Bactrocera cucumisBactrocera frauenfeldi
Bactrocera jarvisiBactrocera kraussi
Bactrocera musaeBactrocera neohumeralis
Bactrocera tryoniBemesia tabaci
Conogethes punctiferalisPhyllogphaga spp
Tetranychus kanzawaiThrips palmi


Risk group 3 regulated pests – area freedom, verified by an official detection survey:

Bactrocera bryoniaeBactrocera musae
Bemesia tabaciConogethes punctiferalis
Phyllogphaga sppTetranychus kanzawai
Thrips palmi

   
The exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the treatment and present it to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.


Details of treatment to be endorsed on the Phytosanitary certificate in the treatment section.

Treatment by Methyl bromide fumigation, at a loading of not greater than 50% chamber capacity, at:

  • 16 grm/m3 for 2 hours at 32 degrees Celsius or above;

OR

  • 24 grm/m3 for 2 hours at 28-32 degrees Celsius;

OR

  • 32 grm/m3 for 2 hours at 21-28 degrees Celsius;

OR

  • 40 grm/m3 for 2 hours at 16-21 degrees Celsius;

OR

  • 48 grm/m3 for 2 hours at 11-16 degrees Celsius

The Cook Islands allows dosage compensation when fumigation is applied to commodities with core temperature below 21 °C (min 10 °C).
Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement 2618)
1) The Asparagus officinalis in this consignment has been inspected in accordance with appropriate official procedures and is considered to be free from regulated pests specified by the Cook Islands Ministry of Agriculture Biosecurity Service,
2) Been sourced from beds such that all hosts of (and including) the designated asparagus beds were inspected prior to the harvest of spears in the consignment and found to be free from signs and symptoms of Asparagus stem blight (Phomopsis asparagi) and Asparagus rust (Puccinia asparagi),
3) Have been fumigated with Methyl bromide.

Option 2 (EXDOC Endorsement 2619)
1) The Asparagus officinalis in this consignment has been inspected in accordance with appropriate official procedures and is considered to be free from regulated pests specified by the Cook Islands Ministry of Agriculture Biosecurity Service,
2) Have been sourced from beds that have undergone a pest control program that is effective against Asparagus stem blight (Phomopsis asparagi) and Asparagus rust (Puccinia asparagi),
3) Have been fumigated with Methyl bromide.
NPPO correspondence dated 12 October 2018
Initial Uploaded: 29/07/2014
Reviewed Uploaded: 18/07/2026