Quarantine treatment uses forced hot air to raise the core temperature of the largest fruit placed in the coolest spot in the chamber, determined by thermal mapping, to 47 C and hold it at that temperature for 20 minutes before hydro-cooling. For capsicum, the treatment specifications are 43 C for 3 hours and 30 minutes. No. 76 of the Symposium on the Management of Fruit Flies in the Pacific, four scientific papers on fruit flies in New Caledonia and published a Pest Advisory Leaflet on Fruit Flies in New Caledonia, published in French and in English . Provided training to farmers and exporters and government personnel of New Caledonia on the importance of fruit flies to production and national quarantine, identification, control methods, and quarantine treatments. Increased preparedness to detect quickly an incursion of an exotic fruit fly species and formulated an Emergency Response Plan to eradicate any introduction of a new unwanted species.
All sites also have a trimedlure trap.
There are fruit fly posters and quarantine bins at the airport. In flight videos are played to incoming flights about quarantine awareness. Amice , R., Sales, F. 1997. Fruit fly fauna in New Caledonia. Cochereau , P. 1966.