Condition

Condition 51D - Tomato Potato Psyllid: Fruit and Vegetables for Consumption (with leaves, calyx or other attached green material)

The information within this Import Condition was current as of the date of printing: Tuesday, 5 November 2024.

New entry conditions or amendments may be implemented from time to time and are uploaded into the Plant Quarantine Manual.

It is recommended that you regularly check the http://www.agriculture.vic.gov.au/pqm website for the most up to date import conditions.

Any fruit and vegetables for consumption originating from an area covered by an Area Freedom Certificate declaring that the area from which the host material originated is known to be free of tomato potato psyllid, may enter Victoria without restriction, otherwise –

the movement into Victoria of any fruit and vegetables for consumption with leaves, calyx or other attached green material is prohibited unless it is:

  1. treated, prior to harvest, with an insecticide effective against all life stages of tomato potato psyllid and registered for the control of tomato potato psyllid at rates specified on the label, or in accordance with an approved APVMA permit, and
    1. packed in a manner that prevents infestation by tomato potato psyllid; and
    2. undergo a 600 unit inspection and be found free of tomato potato psyllid; or
  2. fumigated with 1000g/kg active constituent methyl bromide at:
    1. 10°C–10.9°C @ 56g/m3 for 2 hours, or
    2. 11°C–15.9°C @ 48g/m3 for 2 hours, or
    3. 16°C–20.9°C @ 40g/m3 for 2 hours, or
    4. 21°C–31.9°C @ 32g/m3 for 2 hours, and
    5. immediately after treatment, the fruit is place in secure conditions that prevent infestation by tomato potato psyllid; or
  3. enters Victoria in accordance with a permit issued by Agriculture Victoria. To apply for a permit visit the Plant biosecurity permit page.

'host plant' means any plant or plant product of such plants belonging to the plant families Convolvulaceae or Solanaceae, including fruit and vegetables for consumption and cut flowers, but excluding:

  • dried or processed plant products (such as chaff, dried herbs, grain, hay, mulch, seed or timber); or
  • tubers (including dormant seed, ware and processing potatoes), bulbs, corms and rhizomes without attached green material (e.g. leaves, stem, etc.); or
  • fresh fruit/vegetables without leaves, calyx or other attached green material.

Documentation requirement: PHC, PHAC, Plant Health Declaration or Permit.

Relevant Hosts / Commodities