Notification of amended emergency quarantine measures for plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa 13 January 2016 – Who does this notice affect? This notice provides clients of the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (the department) who import nursery stock, tissue cultures and corms and bulbs, with an update from the alert issued on . What is the change? The Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources is implementing emergency quarantine measures to reduce the likelihood of entry of the bacterial plant pathogen . Implementation of emergency measures began on 19 November 2015 for host plant material from a high risk country. The department is amending the emergency measures as described in the alert issued on 5 November 2015. The amendments are being made to achieve the following outcomes: clearly define what species of bacteria are targeted by the emergency measures indicate a change to the additional declaration required on a Phytosanitary Certificate related to the species of bacteria outline the requirements for approved arrangements for production of nursery stock exported from high risk countries provide the requirements for testing tissue cultures and nursery to indicate a delay in arrangements for affected bulbs produced under the BKD scheme in the Netherlands to 31 March 2016 What species of bacteria are targeted under the emergency measures? The emergency measures target Xylella fastidiosa and all of its sub-species. The of X. fastidiosa including: fastidiosa, multiplex, pause, sandi, tashke and pear leaf scorch (PLS), all of which are targeted by the measures. In this document, fastidiosa’ ‘Xylella means the species Xylella fastidiosa and all of its sub-species. In summary, what are the measures? The following measures apply to plant tissue cultures and nursery stock that are hosts of X. fastidiosa, and are applied in addition to current import requirements: nursery stock and plant material coming from countries or regions where X. fastidiosa occurs will need to be tested offshore and certified as being free from X. fastidiosa by the government of the exporting country an approved arrangement that ensures the health of plants will need to be in place for off-shore testing and certification of nursery stock from high risk countries. material that does not meet the above requirements may be held and tested in an approved post entry quarantine facility for 12 months or nursery stock material may be hot water treated, followed by standard post entry quarantine screening arrangements.
Notification of amended emergency quarantine measures for plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa – 13 January 2016 Who does this notice affect? This notice provides clients of the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (the department) who import nursery stock, tissue cultures and corms and bulbs, with an update from the alert issued on . What is the change? The Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources is implementing emergency quarantine measures to reduce the likelihood of entry of the bacterial plant pathogen . Implementation of emergency measures began on 19 November 2015 for host plant material from a high risk country. The department is amending the emergency measures as described in the alert issued on 5 November 2015. The amendments are being made to achieve the following outcomes: clearly define what species of bacteria are targeted by the emergency measures indicate a change to the additional declaration required on a Phytosanitary Certificate related to the species of bacteria outline the requirements for approved arrangements for production of nursery stock exported from high risk countries provide the requirements for testing tissue cultures and nursery to indicate a delay in arrangements for affected bulbs produced under the BKD scheme in the Netherlands to 31 March 2016 What species of bacteria are targeted under the emergency measures? The emergency measures target Xylella fastidiosa and all of its sub-species. The of X. fastidiosa including: fastidiosa, multiplex, pause, sandi, tashke and pear leaf scorch (PLS), all of which are targeted by the measures. In this document, ‘Xylella fastidiosa’ means the species Xylella fastidiosa and all of its sub-species. In summary, what are the measures? The following measures apply to plant tissue cultures and nursery stock that are hosts of X. fastidiosa, and are applied in addition to current import requirements: nursery stock and plant material coming from countries or regions where X. fastidiosa occurs will need to be tested offshore and certified as being free from X. fastidiosa by the government of the exporting country an approved arrangement that ensures the health of plants will need to be in place for off-shore testing and certification of nursery stock from high risk countries. material that does not meet the above requirements may be held and tested in an approved post entry quarantine facility for 12 months or nursery stock material may be hot water treated, followed by standard post entry quarantine screening arrangements.