date:Jun 21, 2016
Extensive baiting has been conducted in three metropolitan quarantine zones, while sterile fruit flies have also been released.
Efforts to protect the Riverland from Mediterranean fruit fly have strengthened, following three outbreaks of the pest in metropolitan Adelaide during recent months.
With the Riverland recognised as a fruit fly-free zone by export markets like Taiwan, Japan and the United States the rest of SA is recognised as fruit fly-free for domestic purposes only Biosecurity SA