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60-2023: Operational change to Phalaenopsis (Orchid plants) imported from an approved high health arrangement

14 March 2023

Who does this notice affect?

Importers, exporters and brokers of Phalaenopsis nursery stock sourced from approved sources under the high health arrangement between Australia and Taiwan.

What has changed?

The department has reviewed the bacterial plant pathogen Dickeya spp. on Phalaenopsis spp. nursery stock imported from approved sources in Taiwan produced under the high health arrangement with Australia.

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