Tomato potato psyllid-interstate quarantine requirements

Correct as at 12 December 2025

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. Hosts of TPP are any plant and plant material from the plant families Convolvulaceae or Solanaceae.

Tables 1 – 7 provide more detailed information on produce types and available market access requirements. Industry is encouraged to check these tables regularly as Agriculture Victoria develops new arrangement or updates those already in place.

Note that plant classifications differ between jurisdictions, with the largest differences observed for Queensland.

Notice on Queensland requirements

A ‘packing house prepared carrier’, which is EXEMPT of TPP entry requirements, is defined as a fruit or vegetable, other than a plant of the Solanaceae family or Convolvulaceae family, that is:

prepared, stemmed, processed, graded, sorted or packed in a packing house; and
free of leafy green material

Due to the high volume of accreditation applications received, Agriculture Victoria has worked with the Department of Primary Industries Queensland to extend the grace period for businesses seeking accreditation until 11.59pm 22 December 2025, providing Victorian businesses additional time to become accredited. Consignments must be dispatched from Victorian businesses before this time. All businesses with existing accreditation under either a relevant Interstate Certification Assurance (ICA) arrangement or bilateral arrangement are expected to transport produce with valid Plant Health Assurance Certificates into Queensland.

Notice on Tasmanian requirements

Tasmania granted a two week ‘grace’ period during which education and awareness will be the focus of compliance activities by Biosecurity Tasmania. During this period importers/exporters are urged to familiarise themselves with the import requirements and make necessary arrangements to ensure you meet all conditions. The grace period is valid until midnight 22nd December. A new version of the Plant Biosecurity Manual Tasmania 2024 editionwith the revised IR46 will be issued in due course.

Table 1: Carrier produce list (not Convolvulaceae or Solanaceae)

Note – produce listed as ‘carrier produce’ in this list may be classed as with green material or without green material depending upon how it has been processed.

Produce	Requirement reference
Apple	Carrier produce without green material
Asparagus	Carrier produce without green material
Beetroot	Root vegetables and tubers
Beetroot with top	Carrier produce with green material
Blackberry	Carrier produce without green material
Blueberry	Carrier produce without green material
Boysenberry	Carrier produce without green material
Broccoli	Carrier produce
Broccolini	Carrier produce
Brussels sprout	Carrier produce without green material
Cabbage (green and red)	Carrier produce
Carrot with top	Carrier produce with green material
Carrot without top	Root vegetables and tubers
Cauliflower	Carrier produce
Celery	Carrier produce
Cherry	Carrier produce without green material
Citrus (orange, lime, lemon, mandarin, grapefruit, etc.)	Carrier produce without green material
Corn	Carrier produce
Cucumber	Carrier produce without green material
Cut flowers and foliage	Cut flowers and foliage
Feijoa	Carrier produce without green material
Fig	Carrier produce without green material
Garlic (cured)	Root vegetables and tubers
Gourd	Carrier produce without green material
Grape	Carrier produce without green material
Grapefruit	Carrier produce without green material
Guava	Carrier produce without green material
Herbs (coriander, chives, basil, etc.)	Carrier produce with green material
Kiwi fruit	Carrier produce without green material
Leek	Carrier produce – check with importing state
Lemon	Carrier produce without green material
Lettuce – head and loose leaf	Carrier produce with green material
Melon (including watermelon, rockmelon, cantaloupe, honey dew)	Carrier produce without green material
Nursery stock	Nursery stock
Nursery stock (not dormant)	Nursery stock (not dormant)
Olive	Carrier produce without green material
Onion with top	Carrier produce with green material
Onion without top	Root vegetables and tubers
Parsnip	Root vegetables and tubers
Passionfruit	Carrier produce without green material
Pea and bean	Carrier produce without green material
Pear	Carrier produce without green material
Persimmon	Carrier produce without green material
Pumpkin	Carrier produce without green material
Raspberry	Carrier produce without green material
Spinach	Carrier produce with green material
Spring onion	Carrier produce with green material
Squash	Carrier produce without green material
Strawberry	Strawberry
Summerfruit (nectarine, plum, peach, apricot)	Carrier produce without green material
Zucchini	Carrier produce without green material

Table 2: Host produce list

Produce	Requirement reference
Capsicum	Host produce with green material
Chilli	Host produce with green material
Eggplant	Host produce with green material
Goji	Host produce without green material
Potato tuber	Potato tuber/host tuber
Sweet potato	See potato tuber
Tamarillo	Host produce without green material
Tomatillo	Host produce without green material
Tomato with calyx (including truss tomato)	Host produce with green material
Tomato with no calyx	Host produce without green material
Water spinach (Kangkong)	Host produce with green material – leafy veg

Table 3: Carrier fruits and vegetables with green material

The following table indicates the arrangements and requirements for carrier plants and produce per state.

Requirement reference		NSW/ACT	NT	Qld	SA	Tas
Carrier - produce with green material Lettuce Cabbage Celery Cut herbs		Exempt	Exempt	ICA-04 ICA-55 ICA-61 PS-58 PS-60	Exempt	ICA-04 ICA-55 ICA-61
Carrier - produce without green material		Exempt	Exempt	Exempt if free of green material and packed in shed/packhouse Field packed options: ICA-04 ICA-55 ICA-61 PS-58 PS-60 PS-62	Exempt	Exempt
Broccoli Broccolini Cauliflower (with protective outer leaves removed) Cord (sheath removed) Pea Zucchini	Rockmelon Cucumber Grape Stone fruit Cherry Honeydew melon Watermelon Apple pear	Exempt	Exempt		Exempt	Exempt
Carrier - strawberry fruit		Exempt	Exempt	ICA-60 PS-60	Exempt	ICA-04
Carrier - cut flowers and foliage		Exempt	Exempt	ICA-04 ICA-55 ICA-61 PS-58 PS-60	Exempt	ICA-04 ICA-55
Carrier - nursery stock		ICA-04 ICA-62	Exempt	Leaves: PS-57 Dormant (no green material): PS-62	ICA-62 ICA-04 PS-59 Exempt: dormant, no leaves	ICA-04 ICA-62 (chemical limitations)
Carrier – root vegetable and tuber		Exempt	Exempt	Shed packed: Exempt if free of green material and packed in shed/packhouse Field packed: ICA-04 ICA-55 PS-58 PS-60 PS-62	Exempt	Exempt

Table 4: Host fruits and vegetables

The following table indicates arrangements and requirements for host plants and produce per state.

Requirement reference	NSW/ACT	NT	Qld	SA	Tas
Host - produce with green material Solanaceae fruit	ICA-04 PS-58 ICA-55	ICA-04 PS-58	ICA-04 ICA-55 PS-58 PS-61	Pack-house prepared: PS-61 Field prepared: ICA-04 PS-58 ICA-55	ICA-04 ICA-55
Host - produce without green material Solanaceae fruit	ICA-04 PS-58 PS-61 – Tomato fruit with no leaves or calyx only	ICA-04 PS-58	ICA-04 ICA-55 PS-58 PS-61	Exempt	ICA-04 ICA-55
Host - produce with green material Leafy veg	PS-58	PS-58	ICA-04 ICA-55 PS-61 PS-58	ICA-04 PS-58 ICA-55	ICA-04 ICA-55
Host - nursery stock	PS-57	PS-57	Leaves: PS-57 Dormant, no green material: PS-62	ICA-04 PS-57 ICA-55	PS-57 (specific chemical options)
Host - cut flowers and foliage	Prohibited	ICA-04 or a registered fumigant	ICA-04 ICA-55 PS-58	Exempt if no leaves attached ICA-04 PS-57 ICA-55	ICA-04 ICA-55
Host – root vegetables and tuber without leaves	Exempt	Exempt	ICA-04 PS-62 (no green material) PS-61	Exempt	Exempt if free of green material and have been brushed free of soil (however, other conditions apply)

Table 5: Accreditation procedure requirements and host types

The following table defines host type requirements and key elements of each procedure.

Accreditation procedure	Procedure requirements
ICA-04 – Fumigation with Methyl Bromide	Host type: Host and carrier Methyl Bromide Fumigation
ICA-55 – Irradiation Treatment	Host type: Host and Carrier Minimum absorbed dose of 400 Gy for Tomato-potato psyllid (Bactericera cockerelli)
ICA-60 – Inspection of Strawberry Fruit for Tomato-Potato Psyllid	Host type: Carrier 2% or 600-unit inspection prior to dispatch and found to be free of TPP; and Packed in secure conditions that prevent infestation with TPP.
ICA-61 - Pack-House Washing and Inspection of Tomato-Potato Psyllid Carrier Produce	Host type: Carrier Post-harvest wash; and 2% or 600-unit inspection prior to dispatch and found to be free of TPP; and Packed in secure conditions that prevent infestation with TPP
ICA-62 – Treatment and inspection of carrier nursery stock for Tomato-Potato Psyllid	Host type: Carrier Pre-harvest treatment within 72 hours of dispatch; and 2%- or 600-unit inspection prior to dispatch and found to be free of TPP; and Packed in secure conditions that prevent infestation with TPP
PS-57 - Treatment and Inspection of Nursery Stock for Tomato-Potato Psyllid	Host type: Host and carrier (carrier Qld only) Pre-harvest treatment; and 2% or 600-unit inspection prior to dispatch and found to be free of TPP; and Packed in secure conditions that prevent infestation with TPP
PS-58 – Pre-Harvest Treatment and Post-Harvest Inspection of Tomato-Potato Psyllid Host and Carrier Produce	Host type: Host and carrier Pre-harvest treatment; and 2% or 600-unit inspection prior to dispatch and found to be free of TPP; and Packed in secure conditions that prevent infestation with TPP
PS-60 – Inspection of Carrier Produce for Tomato-Potato Psyllid	Host type: Carrier 2% or 600-unit inspection prior to dispatch and found to be free of TPP; and 2% or 600-unit inspection prior to dispatch and found to be free of TPP; and Packed in secure conditions that prevent infestation with TPP
PS-61 – Pack-house Washing and Inspection of Tomato-Potato Psyllid Host Produce	Host type: Host Washed 2% or 600-unit inspection prior to dispatch and found to be free of TPP; and Packed in secure conditions that prevent infestation with TPP
PS-62 - Inspection of Tomato-Potato Psyllid Host Tubers, Carrier Produce and Dormant Nursery Stock for Freedom of Green material	Host type: Host and carrier Free of leaves and green material 2% or 600-unit inspection prior to dispatch and found to be free of green material

Table 6: Arrangements still in development

This table identifies arrangements that Agriculture Victoria is currently developing.

Procedure Code	Title / Description	Commodity or Process
PS-59	Inspection or Secure Packing of carrier nursery stock for TPP	Carrier nursery stock
PS-66	PS-66: Procedure for Pest Free Production Facility for Tomato-Potato Psyllid	Hosts and carrier nursery stock and produce
ICA-66	Cleaning and inspection of used agricultural and horticultural machinery and equipment for specified pests	Machinery and equipment
ICA-29 (update )	Treatment of nursery stock for export to the interstate markets	Nursery stock
ICA-57 (update to include TPP)	Repacking of certified fruit fly and melon thrips host produce	Host produce

Table 7: Alternative options for market access for businesses that are not accredited under newly developed arrangements

Procedure Code	Title / Description	Commodity or Process
ICA-04	Fumigation with Methyl Bromide	Fumigation
ICA-55	Irradiation Treatment	Irradiation
Plant Health Certificate	To be issued by an Agriculture Victoria Authorised Officer	Inspection

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