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For commercial treatment and certification of susceptible fruit:
Map of 15km suspension zone

More information about the Daw Park outbreak...  

Draft Plant Health Bill
Proposals to update and replace the current Fruit and Plant Protection Act 1992  to minimise the potential for declared plant pests and diseases to be introduced. Read more about the draft Bill...

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The role of PIRSA's Plant Health Program is to reduce the risk of emergency plant pests affecting fruit and vegetable industries in South Australia by:

  • ensuring early detection of fruit fly in South Australia and eradicating any fruit fly outbreaks efficiently and effectively
  • minimising the chances of declared pests and disease entering South Australia through high level compliance and surveillance
  • ensuring that commercial horticultural produce complies with current legislation and standards, including the requirements of the Fruit and Plant Protection Act 1992 and the South Australian Plant Quarantine Standard.

PIRSA Plant Health consists of Plant Health Operations and the Plant Health Policy Unit, supporting the Biosecurity Strategy for South Australia and providing the vehicle for managing plant biosecurity in South Australia.

Plant Health Operations, consisting of Fruit Fly Operations and State Quarantine Services, provide the following services:   

PIRSA's Plant Health Program works with several state and national peak bodies to develop and implement plant health policy and standards.