Travelling to SA from interstate
Some fruit, vegetables, plants, plant products, and other items cannot be brought into South Australia from interstate. These rules are in place to protect our state's horticulture from fruit fly and other pests and diseases.
There are different requirements depending on:
the type of produce which parts of Australia you are travelling from. What can you bring into South Australia? To meet SA's quarantine restrictions, use the information below as a guide. Contact the Fruit Fly Hotline on 1300 666 010 if you need more information.
Travelling from New South Wales
Fruits, vegetables and nuts Item Can be brought into SA
Asparagus
Avocado
Fruit – fresh
Fruit and vegetables – processed, dried, preserved, cooked, frozen, canned
Herbs – fresh and cut
Herbs and spices – dried
Melons – watermelon, rockmelon, honeydew
1300 666 010
Mushrooms
Nuts – dried
Onions, garlic – cured, topped and tailed
Onions, garlic, leeks, spring onions, chives – fresh
Pineapple
Potatoes, washed or brushed and soil-free – ware, not for planting
Sweet potato
Spinach, silver beet, peas, beans
1300 666 010
Vegetables, cucurbits – cucumber, pumpkin, squash, zucchini
1300 666 010
Vegetables, fruiting – capsicum, chilli, eggplant, tomato, tamarillo
Vegetables, leafy – lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, celery
Vegetables, root – beetroot, turnip, parsnip, carrot, free of soil and tops removed
Food products Item Can be brought into SA
Camping food (freeze dried, dehydrated), eggs
Dairy products – milk, cheese, yoghurt
Fish – fresh, canned
Honey, honeycomb, beeswax, pollen, bees, hives, used equipment
1300 666 010
Meats – poultry, sausage, salami, sliced meats
Processed foods – noodles, bread, rice, cereals, baby food, biscuits, cakes
Other Plants
Travelling from Northern Territory
Fruits, vegetables and nuts Item Can be brought into SA
Asparagus
Avocado
Fruit – fresh
Fruit and vegetables – processed, dried, preserved, cooked, frozen, canned
Herbs – fresh and cut
Herbs and spices – dried
Melons – watermelon, rockmelon, honeydew
1300 666 010
Mushrooms
Nuts – dried
Onions, garlic – cured, topped and tailed
Onions, garlic, leeks, spring onions, chives – fresh
Pineapple
Potatoes, washed or brushed and soil-free – ware, not for planting
Sweet potato
Spinach, silver beet, peas, beans
1300 666 010
Vegetables, cucurbits – cucumber, pumpkin, squash, zucchini
1300 666 010
Vegetables, fruiting – capsicum, chilli, eggplant, tomato, tamarillo
Vegetables, leafy – lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, celery
Vegetables, root – beetroot, turnip, parsnip, carrot, free of soil and tops removed
Food products Item Can be brought into SA
Camping food (freeze dried, dehydrated), eggs
Dairy products – milk, cheese, yoghurt
Fish – fresh, canned
Honey, honeycomb, beeswax, pollen, bees, hives, used equipment
1300 666 010
Meats – poultry, sausage, salami, sliced meats
Processed foods – noodles, bread, rice, cereals, baby food, biscuits, cakes
Other Item Can be brought into SA
Animals – domestic cats and dogs
Cartons
1300 666 010
Eggs – poultry hatching
Soil, dirt
Weed-free stock feed – hay, fodder
Plants
Travelling from Queensland
Fruits, vegetables and nuts Item Can be brought into SA
Asparagus
Avocado
Fruit – fresh
Fruit and vegetables – processed, dried, preserved, cooked, frozen, canned
Herbs – fresh and cut
Herbs and spices – dried
Melons – watermelon, rockmelon, honeydew
1300 666 010
Mushrooms
Nuts – dried
Onions, garlic – cured, topped and tailed
Onions, garlic, leeks, spring onions, chives – fresh
Pineapple
Potatoes, washed or brushed and soil-free – ware, not for planting
Sweet potato
Spinach, silver beet, peas, beans
1300 666 010
Vegetables, cucurbits – cucumber, pumpkin, squash, zucchini
1300 666 010
Vegetables, fruiting – capsicum, chilli, eggplant, tomato, tamarillo
Vegetables, leafy – lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, celery
Vegetables, root – beetroot, turnip, parsnip, carrot, free of soil and tops removed
Food products Item Can be brought into SA
Camping food (freeze dried, dehydrated), eggs
Dairy products – milk, cheese, yoghurt
Fish – fresh, canned
Honey, honeycomb, beeswax, pollen, bees, hives, used equipment
1300 666 010
Meats – poultry, sausage, salami, sliced meats
Processed foods – noodles, bread, rice, cereals, baby food, biscuits, cakes
Other Item Can be brought into SA
Animals – domestic cats and dogs
Cartons 1300 666 010
Eggs – poultry hatching
Soil, dirt
Weed-free stock feed – hay, fodder
1300 666 010
Plants Item Can be brought into SA
Bulbs, corms – dormant
1300 666 010
Citrus plants
Cut flowers – excluding Myrtaceae
1300 666 010
Date palms
1300 666 010
Fruit and vegetable plants including seedlings
1300 666 010
Grapevines, cuttings, budwood
House plants, pot plants, cuttings, nursery stock, potted herbs
1300 666 010
Pinus plants
1300 666 010
Pine timber – dried
1300 666 010
Fire wood – dried and barkfree
Seeds, edible or sprouting – not maize for planting
Travelling from Tasmania
Fruits, vegetables and nuts Item Can be brought into SA
Asparagus
Avocado
Fruit – fresh
1300 666 010
Fruit and vegetables – processed, dried, preserved, cooked, frozen, canned
Herbs – fresh and cut
Herbs and spices – dried
Melons – watermelon, rockmelon, honeydew
Mushrooms
Nuts – dried
Onions, garlic – cured, topped and tailed
Onions, garlic, leeks, spring onions, chives – fresh
Pineapple
Potatoes 1300 666 010
Sweet potato
Spinach, silver beet, peas, beans
Vegetables, cucurbits – cucumber, pumpkin, squash, zucchini
Vegetables - fruiting 1300 666 010
Vegetables, leafy – lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, celery
Vegetables, root – beetroot, turnip, parsnip, carrot, free of soil and tops removed
Food products Item Can be brought into SA
Camping food (freeze dried, dehydrated), eggs
Dairy products – milk, cheese, yoghurt
Fish – fresh, canned
Honey, honeycomb, beeswax, pollen, bees, hives, used equipment
1300 666 010
Meats – poultry, sausage, salami, sliced meats
Processed foods – noodles, bread, rice, cereals, baby food, biscuits, cakes
Other Item Can be brought into SA
Animals – domestic cats and dogs
Cartons 1300 666 010
Eggs – poultry hatching
Soil, dirt
Weed-free stock feed – hay, fodder
Plants Item Can be brought into SA
Bulbs, corms – dormant
1300 666 010
Citrus plants
Cut flowers – excluding Myrtaceae
1300 666 010
Date palms
1300 666 010
Fruit and vegetable plants including seedlings
1300 666 010
Grapevines, cuttings, budwood
House plants, pot plants, cuttings, nursery stock, potted herbs
1300 666 010
Pinus plants
1300 666 010
Pine timber – dried
1300 666 010
Fire wood – dried and barkfree
Seeds, edible or sprouting – not maize for planting
Travelling from Victoria
Fruits, vegetables and nuts Item Can be brought into SA
Asparagus
Avocado
Fruit – fresh
Fruit and vegetables – processed, dried, preserved, cooked, frozen, canned
Herbs – fresh and cut
Herbs and spices – dried
Melons – watermelon, rockmelon, honeydew
Mushrooms
Nuts – dried
Onions, garlic – cured, topped and tailed
Onions, garlic, leeks, spring onions, chives – fresh
Pineapple
Potatoes
1300 666 010
Sweet potato
Spinach, silver beet, peas, beans
Vegetables, cucurbits – cucumber, pumpkin, squash, zucchini
Vegetables, fruiting – capsicum, chilli, eggplant, tomato, tamarillo
Vegetables, leafy – lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, celery
Vegetables, root – beetroot, turnip, parsnip, carrot, free of soil and tops removed
Food products Item Can be brought into SA
Camping food (freeze dried, dehydrated), eggs
Dairy products – milk, cheese, yoghurt
Fish – fresh, canned
Honey, honeycomb, beeswax, pollen, bees, hives, used equipment
1300 666 010
Meats – poultry, sausage, salami, sliced meats
Processed foods – noodles, bread, rice, cereals, baby food, biscuits, cakes
Other Item Can be brought into SA
Animals – domestic cats and dogs
Cartons – fruit and vegetables, used for packing containers but not to KI
1300 666 010
Eggs – poultry hatching
Soil, dirt
Weed-free stock feed – hay, fodder
1300 666 010
Plants Item Can be brought into SA
Bulbs, corms – dormant
1300 666 010
Citrus plants
1300 666 010
Cut flowers – excluding Myrtaceae
1300 666 010
Date palms
1300 666 010
Fruit and vegetable plants including seedlings
1300 666 010
Grapevines, cuttings, budwood
House plants, pot plants, cuttings, nursery stock, potted herbs
1300 666 010
Pinus plants
1300 666 010
Pine timber – dried
1300 666 010
Fire wood – dried and barkfree
Seeds, edible or sprouting – not maize for planting
Travelling from Western Australia
Fruits, vegetables and nuts Item Can be brought into SA
Asparagus
1300 666 010
Avocado
Fruit – fresh
Fruit and vegetables – processed, dried, preserved, cooked, frozen, canned
Herbs – fresh and cut
1300 666 010
Herbs and spices – dried
Melons – watermelon, rockmelon, honeydew
1300 666 010
Mushrooms
Nuts – dried
Onions, garlic – cured, topped and tailed
Onions, garlic, leeks, spring onions, chives – fresh
1300 666 010
Pineapple
Potatoes, washed or brushed and soil-free – ware, not for planting
1300 666 010
Sweet potato
Spinach, silver beet, peas, beans
1300 666 010
Vegetables, cucurbits – cucumber, pumpkin, squash, zucchini
1300 666 010
Vegetables, fruiting – capsicum, chilli, eggplant, tomato, tamarillo
Vegetables, leafy – lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, celery
Vegetables, root – beetroot, turnip, parsnip, carrot, free of soil and tops removed
Food products Item Can be brought into SA
Camping food (freeze dried, dehydrated), eggs
Dairy products – milk, cheese, yoghurt
Fish – fresh, canned
Honey, honeycomb, beeswax, pollen, bees, hives, used equipment
1300 666 010
Meats – poultry, sausage, salami, sliced meats
Processed foods – noodles, bread, rice, cereals, baby food, biscuits, cakes
Other Item Can be brought into SA
Animals – domestic cats and dogs
Cartons – fruit and vegetables, used for packing containers but not to KI
1300 666 010
Eggs – poultry hatching
Soil, dirt
Weed-free stock feed – hay, fodder
Plants
Dispose of restricted fruit and vegetables You must eat or dispose of your fruit and vegetables at risk from fruit fly before entering South Australia or the Riverland.
You will be fined if you are caught with restricted items at the Yamba quarantine station, or at random roadblocks that are set up after disposal bins.
Check the disposal bin and quarantine station map to find locations on your travel route.
Get more information on rules that apply if you are travelling into Australia .
Moving around Australia There are different rules and regulations about the movement of plant, food, and some other items between or within states and territories.
Pests, diseases and weeds can travel with you as you visit different areas of Australia. There are restrictions on what you can take as you cross state and quarantine borders within Australia. There may also be biosecurity or quarantine zones within each state and territory to limit the spread of pests that are localised to that area. You need to be aware of all plants and food items that you may or may not be allowed to take to your destination state.
Restrictions are in place across South Australia to control fruit fly outbreaks and protect our industries.
Use the outbreak map to see if you’re travelling in these areas and to understand the rules that apply.
Check map
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Call 1300 666 010
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