Grapes

Country

Mauritius (MU)

Scientific Name

Vitis spp.

Group

Fruit

End use

Fresh

NPPO Details

National Plant Protection Office, Ministry of Agro Industry and Food Security

Relevant Web Addresses

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Criteria	Criteria Required?
Import Permit	Yes
Phytosanitary Certificate	Yes
Additional Declaration/Endorsement	Yes
Protocol Market	No

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

Import conditions are for air and sea freight consignments to Mauritius.

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

Explanation of fruit fly pest free areas (PFAs)

The following areas are recognised as pest free areas for Queensland fruit fly (Bactrocera tryoni) and Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata):

Tasmania

AND

The Riverland region of South Australia, excluding Queensland fruit fly suspension areas. Suspension areas can be found on the South Australian Department of Primary Industries and Regions fruit fly outbreak map. Fruit sourced from a Queensland fruit fly suspension area must undergo phytosanitary treatment, as outlined under ‘Treatment’.

Exporters sourcing fruit from the Riverland must present a State government certificate at the time of inspection which states all fruit was sourced from properties outside the suspension areas.

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

It is the exporter’s responsibility to ensure that the phytosanitary certificate is issued within 14 days of the consignment being exported from Australia.

Refer to the departure date and inspection date in the Request for Permit.

Note: Table grapes must be packed in a packhouse that is already registered with the department. Packinghouse registration such as Accredited Property approval for protocol markets must be presented to AO at time of inspection.

Fruit sourced from outside PFAs must beeither treated against fruit flies by in-transit or onshore coldtreatment or fumigation by methyl bromide at one of the following rates:

Cold treatment

Fruit sourced from other growing areas must be cold treated either onshore or in-transit against fruit flies at one of the following rates:

0 degrees Celsius, or below, for 13 days;

0.56 degrees Celsius, or below, for 14 days;

1.11 degrees Celsius, or below, for 18 days;

1.67 degrees Celsius, or below, for 20 days;

2.2 degrees Celsius, or below, for 22 days.

Fumigation by Methyl bromide at one of the following rates.

16 grm/m3 for 2 hours at a pulp temperature of 32 degrees Celsius or above
24 grm/m3 for 2 hours at a pulp temperature between 26 – 31.9 degrees Celsius
32 grm/m3 for 2 hours at a pulp temperature between 21 – 25.9 degrees Celsius
40 grm/m3 for 2 hours at a pulp temperature between 15 – 20.9 degrees Celsius
48 grm/m3 for 2 hours at a pulp temperature between 10 – 14.9 degrees Celsius

For onshore cold treatment the exporter is to provide the Authorised Officer, at the time of inspection, a printout of data downloaded from temperature monitors as evidence of the treatment.

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

Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement 3499)