Thursday, Sep 11, 2008 at 20:18
PauMac
This from another site:
Travelling into Western Australia
Prohibited items
· Fresh fruit and vegetables* unless certified in State or Territory of origin
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Home-dried fruit and vegetables which have not been dried to commercial standards
· Frozen raw apple, grape, stone fruit, paw-paw, blueberry, mango with skin or seed attached, unpeeled potato and onion
· Raw walnuts in shells
· Honey and other hive products unless certified as heat-treated
· Bees and apiary equipment• Hay/fodder
· Weeds and weed seeds
· Soil (including soil in plant pots)
· Used agricultural/horticultural containers (such as potato sacks, wheat/seed bags, chaff bags, fruit/vegetable cartons)
· Plants* (including cut flowers and foliage)
· Seeds*
* Some fresh fruit, vegetables, plants and seeds are classed as Restricted, which means they are allowed entry under certain conditions.
Plants classed as Restricted must be certified and soil-free. Seeds classed as Restricted must be identified by species name and free from
contaminant seeds; some must be certified as free from particular
pests and diseases. Visit www.agric.wa.gov.au/quarantine for entry
requirements.
Permitted items
· Commercially packaged dried fruit and vegetables except for apple and loquat with peel
· Frozen raw fruit and vegetables except for those listed above as prohibited
· Nuts except for raw walnuts in shells
· Fresh fish
· Dairy products
· Meat products
· Processed foods such as biscuits, fruit-cake, fruit juice, cordial and dried packet foods such as polished rice except for unmilled rice
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I have scoured WA Quarantine sites but have found no direct link on how to get Fruit and Veg Certified. It has all been hearsay that is why I stated 'may be'.
I comply with the regulations and plan my trips so that after crossing the border we can
shop at the earliest convenience. Up to that time we live off meat, tinned foods or pasta
Cheers
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