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Country
Cook Islands (CK)
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.


This ICR only applies to the following vegetables:

  • Basil (Ocimum basilicum)
  • Beans (Phaseolus spp.)
  • Bok choy (Brassica napa)
  • Broccoli (Brassica oleracea)
  • Brocco flower (Brassica oleracea)
  • Brocolli flower (Brassica oleracea)
  • Brussel sprouts (Brassica oleracea)
  • Cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
  • Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea)
  • Celery (Apium graveolens)
  • Clove leaves (Syzygium aromatica)
  • Coriander (Coriander sativum)
  • Kale (Brassica oleracea)
  • Lettuce (Lactuca sativa)
  • Mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus)
  • Mushrooms (Lacturius indigo)
  • Mushrooms (Psilocybin spp.)
  • Parsley (Petroselinum crispum)
  • Sage leaves (Salvia officinallis)
  • Spinach (Spinacea oleracea)

Regulated pests and diseases - Risk Group 2
 
  • Tomato big bug phytoplasma
  • Spiralling whitefly (Aleurodicus dispersus)
  • Muscid fly (Atherigona orientalis)
  • Cotton aphid (Aphis gossypii)
  • Vegetable leafhopper (Austroasca viridigrisea)
  • Tobacco whitefly (Bemisia tabaci)
  • False spider mite (Brevipalpus phonenics)
  • Harlequin bug (Dindymus versicolor)
  • Pineapple mealybug (Dysmicoccus brevipes)
  • Eggplant ladybird beetle (Epilachna vigintioctopunctata)
  • Squash bug (Fabrictilis australis)
  • Striped mealybug (Ferrisia virgata)
  • Tomato thrips (Frankliniella schultzei)
  • False wireworm (Gonocephalum carpentariae)
  • Cape gooseberry budworm (Helicoverpa assulta)
  • Oriental tobacco budworm (Helicoverpa punctigera)
  • Redback spider (Lactrodectus hasselti)
  • Leptocoris bug (Leptocoris mitellatus)
  • Vegetable leaf miner (Liriomyza sativae)
  • Green peach aphid (Myzus persicae)
  • Green vegetable bug (Nezara viridula)
  • Rutherglen bug (Nysius vinitor)
  • Fruit piercing moth (Othreis fullonia)
  • Common brown leafhopper (Orosius argentatus and O. orientalis)
  • Citrus red mite (Panonychus citri)
  • Potato tuber moth (Phthorimaea operculella)
  • Broad mite (Polyphagotarsonemus latus)
  • Pacific mealybug (Planococcus minor)
  • Brown weevil (Platysimus insularis) - Not known to occur in Australia
  • Green stink bug (Plautia affinis)
  • Diamond back moth (Plutella xylostella)
  • Mexican black scale (Saissetia miranda)
  • Chilli thrips (Scirtothrips dorsalis)
  • Beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua)
  • Palm thrips (Thrips palmi)
  • Greenhouse whitefly (Trialeurodes vaporarorium)
  • Earwig (Forficula auricularia)
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.

The Cook Islands allows dosage compensation when fumigation is applied to commodities with core temperature below 21 °C (min 10 °C).
 
Treatment for Risk Group 2 regulated pests by Methyl bromide fumigation, at a loading of not greater than 50% chamber capacity, at either:
  • 32 grm/m3 for 2 hours at 21-28 degrees Celcius,

OR

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

OR

  • 48 grm/m3 for 2 hours at 11-16 degrees Celsius.
Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement 2627)
1) The consignment was inspected in accordance with appropriate official procedures and found to be free from any visually detectable quarantine pests specified by the Cook Islands Ministry of Agriculture Biosecurity Service,
2) The product has been fumigated with Methyl bromide for Risk Group 2 regulated pests.
Pre-existing cases and NPPO correspondence dated 12 October 2018
Initial Uploaded: 29/07/2014
Reviewed Uploaded: 16/09/2024