Host / Commodity

Root Vegetable

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.

Relevant Pests / Diseases

  • GS - Green Snail
  • RIFA - Fire Ant
  • EA - Electric Ant
  • PSTVd - Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid
  • TPP - Tomato Potato Psyllid
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Conditions

Condition 0 - Verification, Packaging and Labelling

General Procedures

Specific plants, plant products and other pest and disease host materials are prohibited entry into Victoria unless accompanied by a Plant Health Certificate (PHC) or Plant Health Assurance Certificate (PHAC) certifying compliance with relevant conditions of entry (see individual conditions).  Commodities, which are not prohibited and are hosts of a specified pest or disease may enter Victoria without certification in relation to that pest or disease if sourced from an area of another state or territory covered by an area freedom certificate.

Area Freedom

Unless prohibited any host material, agricultural equipment or used package may enter any part of Victoria without restriction if an Area Freedom Certificate certifying that the State or Territory, or any part of the State or Territory where the host material, agricultural equipment or used package was grown, packed, sourced or last used, is known to be free from a specified pest or disease.

Note:  Any notification or advice of an outbreak of a pest or disease is taken to be an amendment to the relevant Area Freedom Certificate.  In these cases, host material may no longer be accepted under area freedom.

Verification

An importer may be required to present host commodities and accompanying certification for verification by an inspector or a person accredited by the department to verify the material and certification.

Packaging

Packages of all fruit, vegetables or nuts must be clean to touch and free of extraneous visible matter and objectionable odour and in good repair.

Labelling

Packages containing any fruit, vegetable or nut must be legibly marked with the following:

  1. the kind of fruit, vegetable or nut (name of commodity); and
  2. in the case of prescribed fruit, vegetables or nuts*-
    1. the name and postcode of the city or town nearest to the locality where they were grown, or
    2. an approved code indicating the location of packing or production; and
  3. in the case of a commodity certified under an accreditation (e.g. ICA Scheme), information as required by the specific Procedure.

*details of prescribed fruit, vegetables and nuts are provided in the Plant Biosecurity Regulations 2016.

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

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.

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