FAQ from the fruit industry webinar

Yes, ICA-55 (version 1.4) has been updated to include TPP treatment at 400 Gy.
From Monday, 8 December, ICA-55 will be accepted for host product moving to Tasmania and Queensland.

PS-60 is applicable for post-harvest inspection and secure packing of TPP carrier produce that is:

• All fruits and vegetables, and cut flowers and foliage (including strawberry fruit, broccoli, lettuce, spinach, Brussel sprouts, cauliflower, corn, pea, grape, stone fruit, cherry, cucumber, zucchini, rockmelon, honeydew melon, watermelon, apple, pear).

Host leafy vegetables (plants in the Convolvulaceae or Solanaceae families) have the following requirements:

• Queensland requires Field-Packed Leafy Vegetables Accreditation (PS-58): Pre-Harvest Treatment and Post-Harvest Inspection of TPP Host Produce and Carrier Field-Packed Leafy Vegetables.
• Tasmania requires ICA-04: Methyl Bromide Fumigation.
• There are no requirements for NSW, NT, and SA .
• There are also no requirements for WA as TPP is considered as established there.

ICA-60 indicates that Strawberry fruit must be inspected either in-line during packing, OR after packing as packed product.

Inspection may be carried out as an in-line inspection on produce as it leaves the packing line, OR as a consignment inspection conducted at the endpoint.

Choose either option—whichever best suits the grower’s or packer’s practice. Otherwise, requiring both would result in a combined inspection rate of 2% + 2% = 4%.

The deadline of 8 December 2025 will come in for host products dispatched on or after 8 December 2025. Produce may be dispatched prior to 8 December 2025 and still be in transit.

Businesses in Victoria need to comply with destination jurisdiction entry requirements for TPP when moving host plants, produce and carrier material interstate (since 8 December 2025).

Produce that is a TPP carrier that is dispatched from Victoria before 11.59pm (not am) on Monday, 22 December 2025 to Queensland or Tasmanian markets will not require a certificate if the business has lodged an application with AgVic that is still being processed.

DEECA has allocated significant resources to develop the required procedures. Accreditation procedures are in development and will be released as they are approved by other states and territories. There is no specific timeline for the release of all procedures.

Queensland requires the following for peas:

• Field packed: PS-60 - Inspection of Carrier Produce for TPP.
• No requirements if prepared, stemmed, processed, graded, sorted or packed in a packing house and free of other vegetative material.

Yes, WA has no TPP regulation. Stock can sit at a Victorian or South Australian freight depot before interstate travel if secure transport conditions are maintained.

ICA-61 can be used to move produce to Tasmania. However, we will encourage organic leafy vegetable growers to contact Biosecurity Tasmania directly to seek an exemption at a business level.

When PHAC is required:

A Plant Health Assurance Certificate (PHAC) is required for every interstate order under ICA rules.

• If the consignment contains hosts or carriers, treatment and certification are mandatory.
• If the consignment contains non-host items without green material (e.g., bulbs or seeds), TPP certification is not required, but other import conditions may still apply.

Cross-dock scenarios:

• A single PHAC applies to one consignee in another jurisdiction. If stock is sent via a Victorian cross-dock and then re-consigned to multiple destinations, each consignee requires its own PHAC.

Please confirm requirements with the receiving jurisdiction.

For links to jurisdictional information, visit: agriculture.vic.gov.au/TPP

If they're splitting it, it needs to be certified from the exporting state and then either re-consigned or sub-consigned under ICA-17.

If there is no split consignment, the produce was just transit through Victoria, then no PHAC is required.

ICA-17 certification is required for the reconsignment or splitting of certified consignments  .

After treatment, carrier nursery stock must be securely packed and transported to prevent contamination with TPP.

Options include:

• unvented packages
• vented packages with the vents secured with mesh which has a maximum aperture of 1.6mm
• fully enclosed consignments under tarpaulins, hessian, shade cloth, mesh or other covering which has a maximum aperture of 1.6mm
• consignment shrink-wrapped and sealed as a palletised unit fully enclosed or screened buildings, cold-rooms, vehicles (including tautliners in good condition)
• other facilities free from gaps or other entry points greater than 1.6mm.

No, it does not unless the transfer point is properly secured. There is no requirement for security when a consignment is destined for another state and only transits through Victoria incidentally.

Plants and plant products are restricted entry into states and territories from Victoria based upon whether they are a ‘host’ of tomato potato psyllid (TPP) or a ‘carrier’ of TPP (i.e. landing site). Hosts of TPP are any plant and plant material from the plant families Convolvulaceae or Solanaceae.

NSW currently requires arrangements for the following produce:

• Carrier – Nursery Stock
• Host - Produce with green material, Solanaceae Fruit
• Host - Produce without green material, Solanaceae Fruit
• Host - Produce with green material (Leafy veg)
• Host - Nursery Stock

Please refer to NSW DPI’s webpage for further information: https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/dpi/biosecurity/plant-biosecurity/market-access-and-trade/market-access-industry-advice/tomato-potato-psyllid-tpp-industry-advice

Agriculture Victoria’s webpage also provides relevant information: https://agriculture.vic.gov.au/biosecurity/pest-insects-and-mites/priority-pest-insects-and-mites/tomato-potato-psyllid/tomato-potato-psyllid-information-for-businesses

After treatment, carrier nursery stock must be securely packed and transported to prevent contamination with TPP.

Options include:

• unvented packages
• vented packages with the vents secured with mesh which has a maximum aperture of 1.6mm
• fully enclosed consignments under tarpaulins, hessian, shade cloth, mesh or other covering which has a maximum aperture of 1.6mm
• consignment shrink-wrapped and sealed as a palletised unit fully enclosed or screened buildings, cold-rooms, vehicles (including tautliners in good condition)
• other facilities free from gaps or other entry points greater than 1.6mm.

Victoria and Western Australia are currently the only states where TPP has been detected. As part of the arrangement requirements, secure transport and packaging must be ensured to prevent re-infestation of TPP after treatment.

Options include:

• Fully enclosed or screened vehicles (e.g., tautliners in good condition)
• Coverings such as tarpaulins, hessian, shade cloth, mesh, or similar materials with a maximum aperture of 1.6 mm.