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Baggage handler guide to checking
Air Containers
New Zealand- it’s our place to protect
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Housekeeping
• Welcome to the
presentation
• Please turn off mobile
phones
• Fire exit locations
• Bathrooms
Why do we need to check Air containers ?
To protect NZ’s Biosecurity.
Biosecurity is the protection
of:
•the economy
•the environment
•human health
from unwanted pests and
diseases
Risk to the Economy
The effect of Asian Gypsy Moth
AGM
eggs
Risk to home
Effect of termite damage
Risk to Health
Red Imported
Fire Ant-detected
at Auckland
Airport
Overview
SEE
CONTAIN
REPORT
• Know how to check
• Know what to check for
• Find contaminant… then what?
• How to contain it
• Prevent spread… then what?
• Get MPI
• Sheet to contain
Overview
SEE
• Know how to check
• Know what to check for
• Find contaminant…
then what?
How to check Air Containers
• Visual
Exterior check
• Exterior surfaces
• Curtain
Interior check
• Interior surfaces / corners
– Check as unloading
What to check for
Fruit
Flowers
Pine
needles
Veg
Plant
Products
Seeds
Leaves
Wood
Bark
Plant products: items that insects eat
Beans
Chile
pod
Pear
What to check for
Ants
Snails
Bees
Spiders
Live
Insects
Mozzies
Beetles
Moths
What to check for
Snakes
Rodents
Birds
Live
Animals
Reptiles
Frogs
CONTAIN
CONTAIN
• How to contain it
• Prevent spread…
Plant Products
• Place in yellow bin
– Close lid
• Except fruit
– Call local MPI Inspector
– Fruit fly host
One live insect
• Catch if possible
– Doggie poo style
– Specimen jar / paper
• Dead insect
– May be alive
– Put in specimen jar
• Insect egg masses
– May be viable
– Specimen jar
Many live insects
• Infestation
• Prevent spread
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Stop unloading
Close curtain
Isolate container
Get MPI immediately
• Contact MPI
Live Animal
• Close curtain
• Catch if possible
• If gone, watch where it goes
• Let MPI know
Snake
• Stop, step back
• Alert fellow employees
• Send somebody to get MPI
– In container
• Close curtain if safe
– Escaped container
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Cover drains / entries
Watch where it goes
Create barrier if possible
Throw jacket over it
REPORT
REPORT
• Get MPI
• Report sheet
When to contact MPI Inspector
Fruit
Contained
Insect
Get
MPI
Infestation
Live
Animal
Report sheet
• Fill in sheet
– If low risk plant material is found
• Basic details only
– Date / Flight / Can Number / Contaminant
Date
Flight
Air can Number
Contaminant
22/4
NZ832
AKH32165NZ
Leaves
27/4
JQ223
JQ4578
Green beans,
30/4
NZ836
AKH33432NZ
corn
1/5
JQ219
JQ3154
Bark, wood
9/5
JQ223
JQ5489
Nut
MPI
Process Overview
ULD Check
Find
something
Animal /
Insect / Fruit
Nothing found
Low risk plant
material
Live Animal or
Infestation
Insect or Fruit
Contain in
yellow bin
Contain as
possible
Contain
securely
Report sheet
Report to MPI
Immediately
Report sheet
Release ULD
Container to
MPI
Release ULD
Release ULD
Equipment container
• By conveyor belt controller
• Equipment
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Contaminant register
Gloves
Specimen jars
Spray
Info on what to do
Thanks – any questions?