The NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) has put in place strict measures to prevent citrus fruit from Queensland entering New South Wales, following confirmation of an outbreak of citrus canker in central west Queensland. A proclamation banning Queensland citrus fruit products from entering NSW was put in place at midnight 7 July 2004.

Citrus canker is a serious bacterial disease that affects citrus plant species, causing premature leaf and fruit drop. It is characterised by lesions on fruit, foliage and the young stems of cultivars. Citrus canker poses no threat to the safety of humans or animals.

Related information and forms

• Citrus canker- national information (www.daffa.gov.au)
  
• Citrus canker- Queensland information (www2.dpi.qld.gov.au)
  
• Citrus canker quarantine area map (www2.dpi.qld.gov.au)
  
• Citrus canker- Plant Diseases Act 1924, Proclamation 154  121.0 kb
  Proclamation to declare Citrus canker and Orange Stem Pitting strain of Tristeza virus to be diseases for the purposes of the Plant Diseases Act.
• Citrus canker- Plant Diseases Act 1924, Proclamation 155  192.3 kb
  Regulate importation, introduction & bringing into NSW of plants etc., of the family Rutaceae, certain agricultural equipment & other things from QLD that are likely to introduce the disease Citrus canker & Orange Stem Pitting Strain of Tristeza virus.