Surveillance of the Perth hills and Albany areas continue so the Agency can give industry an accurate overview of the incidence of brown rot in Western Australia.
Staff are also busy refining protocols to assist industry in containing the spread of the disease.
In particular, procedures are being implemented so packing sheds can become authorised to handle fruit from quarantined orchards. This activity is of great importance so as to maintain the flow of produce, minimise the risk of spread and to have the smallest impact on industry. The current statistics from the surveillance program are below. The most significant change here is the detection of 3 positive properties in the Perth hills area and 1 in Kojonup. The hills properties are in the locality of Pickering Brook and the Kojonup property is a private residence in the townsite.