 The Department of Primary Industries and Regions is responding to fruit fly outbreaks across Metropolitan Adelaide. Fruit fly is a devastating plant pest that threatens our fruit fly vulnerable horticulture industry. We all need to play our part to keep SA fruit fly free. Once a fruit fly outbreak is declared, a 1.5 kilometre outbreak area and a suspension area is established around the detection site and an eradication program begins. This involves applying an organic bait to trees and other foliage within the 1.5 kilometre affected area, picking up fruit from the ground and checking fruit for maggots. As a wholesaler, providor, retailer, grocer, market stall holder or packer, you also have a key role to play. By playing your part, you can help stop fruit fly from spreading and also make sure that the national protocols which allow trade to continue are maintained. It's important to know which fruit or fruiting vegetables fruit fly like to lay their eggs in, as our measures only relate to this produce. More than 200 types of fruit and vegetables can be susceptible to fruit fly. Examples include stone fruits such as apricots, peaches, nectarines, plums and cherries, citrus such as oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruit and kumquats, fruiting vegetables including tomatoes, capsicum, chilies, eggplant and tamarillo, poem fruits such as apples, pears and quinces, flowering plants such as loquats, figs and fijoas and tropical fruits such as bananas, avocados and mangoes. Some examples of produce that are not susceptible to fruit fly include leafy greens like lettuce, spinach and kale, brassica crops like cauliflower, cabbages and broccoli, onions, carrots and potatoes and watermelons and pumpkins. If the SA produce markets fall within a fruit fly outbreak area and you buy or sell host material at the market, there are measures you must take to reduce the risk of fruit fly spreading. This includes using fly-proof packaging such as netting, plastic wrap, plastic bags or cardboard boxes which has no holes larger than 1.6mm or keeping host produce inside a building with closed doors, rapid lift doors, curtains or behind fly mesh or keeping host produce cool in an environment less than 13 degrees for Mediterranean fruit fly or 16 degrees for Queensland fruit fly. Any waste must be placed in an organic waste bin, not the general waste bin. If sending produce to fruit fly sensitive markets, please contact the Department of Primary Industries and Regions for advice. If you are a retailer purchasing produce at the SA produce markets, you also need to follow similar advice to make sure that produce isn't exposed to fruit fly. This includes using fly-proof packaging such as netting, plastic wrap, plastic bags or cardboard boxes which has no holes larger than 1.6mm or keeping produce sealed and secure during transport. When leaving the markets and travelling through the outbreak and suspension area, produce must remain secure. If you are a grocer or retailer operating in a fruit fly affected area, you need to take special measures. If you are located within a 1.5km outbreak area, you need to display your fruit and vegetables indoors or use fly-proof packaging such as netting, plastic wrap, cardboard boxes or plastic bags with holes no larger than 1.6mm. Not sell homegrown fruit and vegetables sourced from within any metropolitan 1.5km outbreak area. Dispose of food waste using a green organic waste bin. We have arrangements with councils to manage green waste. If there are issues with managing waste, contact PERSA to discuss approved disposal options. If you are a farmers market stall holder within a 1.5km outbreak area, you must keep your fruit fly host produce covered at all times to protect it from fruit fly. This includes when you are entering, selling and leaving the market. Ways you could do this include cardboard boxes sealed with tape, no holes or plastic bags tied and sealed with no holes larger than 1.6mm or cling-wrapped trays. Note if the market is within the suspension area and the produce has not been protected at all times, the produce cannot leave the suspension area either by stall holders or consumers. If you are a packer in an outbreak or suspension area, you need to ensure that fruit fly host produce is kept secure while in the packing shed. If this isn't possible, it must be treated after packing under an accepted treatment option and certified before moving within the outbreak area or out of the suspension area. Our growers depend on you to keep South Australia fruit fly free. Remember, if you notice anything unusual in your produce, please seal it in an airtight container and immediately contact the fruit fly hotline on 1300 660010. By following this advice, you are playing a key part in the fight against fruit fly.