❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks information on stone fruit imports, specifically regarding origin, quarantine measures, and quality assessments. The answer clarifies that imports were limited to cherries and apricots from New Zealand, detailing quarantine protocols and lack of quality assessment.
AnsweredQoN 1997Legislative Assembly
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(1) How much stone fruit has been imported into Western Australia in the last six months from overseas?
(2) Where did this fruit originate?
(3) What precautions were taken with this fruit to prevent infestation and assess the contamination risk of diseases and parasites including red mite and oriental fruit moth or other Lepidoptera?
(4) What quarantine assessments were made on this fruit, and what percentage of fruit was inspected?
(5) What quality assessment was made of this fruit, and what was the technical expertise of the assessors?
(2) Where did this fruit originate?
(3) What precautions were taken with this fruit to prevent infestation and assess the contamination risk of diseases and parasites including red mite and oriental fruit moth or other Lepidoptera?
(4) What quarantine assessments were made on this fruit, and what percentage of fruit was inspected?
(5) What quality assessment was made of this fruit, and what was the technical expertise of the assessors?
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Answered
8 May 2007
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture and Food
Response time
49 days
(2) The Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia advises that the only fresh stone fruit to enter Western Australia from overseas will have been cherries and apricots from New Zealand. (3) I table three documents relating to cherries and apricots from New Zealand. The AQIS import requirements for cherries. The AQIS import requirments for apricots A 200-page Biosecurity Australia document "Final Report for the Pest Risk Analysis for Stone Fruit from New Zealand into Western Australia". (4) The fruit was imported under the quarantine protocols outlined in Point 3. Operational statistics on this matter are not available from AQIS. (5) The conditions for import of New Zealand stone fruit do not include quality assessment as the import conditions focus on pest risks.
(3) I table three documents relating to cherries and apricots from New Zealand. The AQIS import requirements for cherries. The AQIS import requirments for apricots A 200-page Biosecurity Australia document "Final Report for the Pest Risk Analysis for Stone Fruit from New Zealand into Western Australia". (4) The fruit was imported under the quarantine protocols outlined in Point 3. Operational statistics on this matter are not available from AQIS. (5) The conditions for import of New Zealand stone fruit do not include quality assessment as the import conditions focus on pest risks.
The AQIS import requirements for cherries. The AQIS import requirments for apricots A 200-page Biosecurity Australia document "Final Report for the Pest Risk Analysis for Stone Fruit from New Zealand into Western Australia". (4) The fruit was imported under the quarantine protocols outlined in Point 3. Operational statistics on this matter are not available from AQIS. (5) The conditions for import of New Zealand stone fruit do not include quality assessment as the import conditions focus on pest risks.
The AQIS import requirments for apricots A 200-page Biosecurity Australia document "Final Report for the Pest Risk Analysis for Stone Fruit from New Zealand into Western Australia". (4) The fruit was imported under the quarantine protocols outlined in Point 3. Operational statistics on this matter are not available from AQIS. (5) The conditions for import of New Zealand stone fruit do not include quality assessment as the import conditions focus on pest risks.
A 200-page Biosecurity Australia document "Final Report for the Pest Risk Analysis for Stone Fruit from New Zealand into Western Australia". (4) The fruit was imported under the quarantine protocols outlined in Point 3. Operational statistics on this matter are not available from AQIS. (5) The conditions for import of New Zealand stone fruit do not include quality assessment as the import conditions focus on pest risks.
(4) The fruit was imported under the quarantine protocols outlined in Point 3. Operational statistics on this matter are not available from AQIS. (5) The conditions for import of New Zealand stone fruit do not include quality assessment as the import conditions focus on pest risks.
(5) The conditions for import of New Zealand stone fruit do not include quality assessment as the import conditions focus on pest risks.
(3) I table three documents relating to cherries and apricots from New Zealand. The AQIS import requirements for cherries. The AQIS import requirments for apricots A 200-page Biosecurity Australia document "Final Report for the Pest Risk Analysis for Stone Fruit from New Zealand into Western Australia". (4) The fruit was imported under the quarantine protocols outlined in Point 3. Operational statistics on this matter are not available from AQIS. (5) The conditions for import of New Zealand stone fruit do not include quality assessment as the import conditions focus on pest risks.
The AQIS import requirements for cherries. The AQIS import requirments for apricots A 200-page Biosecurity Australia document "Final Report for the Pest Risk Analysis for Stone Fruit from New Zealand into Western Australia". (4) The fruit was imported under the quarantine protocols outlined in Point 3. Operational statistics on this matter are not available from AQIS. (5) The conditions for import of New Zealand stone fruit do not include quality assessment as the import conditions focus on pest risks.
The AQIS import requirments for apricots A 200-page Biosecurity Australia document "Final Report for the Pest Risk Analysis for Stone Fruit from New Zealand into Western Australia". (4) The fruit was imported under the quarantine protocols outlined in Point 3. Operational statistics on this matter are not available from AQIS. (5) The conditions for import of New Zealand stone fruit do not include quality assessment as the import conditions focus on pest risks.
A 200-page Biosecurity Australia document "Final Report for the Pest Risk Analysis for Stone Fruit from New Zealand into Western Australia". (4) The fruit was imported under the quarantine protocols outlined in Point 3. Operational statistics on this matter are not available from AQIS. (5) The conditions for import of New Zealand stone fruit do not include quality assessment as the import conditions focus on pest risks.
(4) The fruit was imported under the quarantine protocols outlined in Point 3. Operational statistics on this matter are not available from AQIS. (5) The conditions for import of New Zealand stone fruit do not include quality assessment as the import conditions focus on pest risks.
(5) The conditions for import of New Zealand stone fruit do not include quality assessment as the import conditions focus on pest risks.
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