This just out from MPI. French Polynesia has added the requirement that fresh potatoes “must be free of soil”.
ICPR FRENCH POLYNESIA Status: APPROVED 14 February 2017 Page 30 of 76
Fresh potatoes
Solanum tuberosum Potato
Conditions:
For consumption only. Import permit not required. Phytosanitary certificate, additional declaration and treatment required. Must be free of soil.
Additional declaration:
“Free from Corynebacterium sepedonicum, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, Globodera pallida and Globodera rostochiensis”
Treatment:
- a) Methyl bromide fumigated before shipment at 30 g/m3 for 2 hours;
- b) Tubers treated to inhibit germination.