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Plant Standards Branch
Travelling within Victoria
There are restrictions on the movement of certain plants, plant products and agricultural machinery within Victoria.
There are four types of zones in Victoria to prevent the spread of certain pests and diseases throughout Victoria.
These zones are concerned with:
- Queensland fruit fly (movement of fruit)
- Phylloxera (grapes, grapevine material and agricultural equipment)
- Potato cyst nematode (potatoes, potato plant material and agricultural equipment)
- Toolangi Plant Protection District (nursery plants, cut flowers, leafy vegetables, strawberry plants, rubus plants and potato tubers)
Toolangi Plant Protection District (PPD)
The Toolangi Plant Protection District (PDF 135KB) has special significance to Australian horticulture due to high quality potato, rubus and strawberry planting stock produced in the area to supply local and interstate commercial growers.
Specific prohibitions, restrictions and requirements operate to prevent the entry of pests or diseases into the control area or spread of pests and diseases within the Toolangi Plant Protection District. This requires that commercial consignments of nursery plants, cut flowers and leafy vegetables, strawberry plants, rubus plants and potato tubers be free from certain plant pests and diseases or treated to control certain pests.
All consignments entering the Toolangi Plant Protection District must be accompanied by certification and be verified by an accredited business.
For details on becoming accredited to import host plants or plant products into the Toolangi Plant Protection District, see Compliance and Verification Agreements.
Further information
For more details contact the Plant Standards Branch on (freecall) 1800 084 881 or email on plant.standards@dpi.vic.gov.au. See the Contact List for office locations.
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