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Australia finds crop-destroying bug in imported nappies

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September 19, 2025

Australia has detected the larvae of khapra beetles in imported nappies sold in supermarkets nationwide, the agriculture ministry said, raising concerns the pest could infest grain storages and disrupt agricultural exports.

- PETER HOBSON

The ministry said in a statement Tuesday it was working with the importer and retailer of the nappies to trace and treat nappies containing the insect since it was alerted to their detection in New South Wales on Sept7.

Agriculture Minister Julie Collins said the beetles, which feed on stored food, making it unusable, hitchhiked to Australia in a shipping container.

“We've managed to track down around 1,500 of the 2,000 cartons (of nappies) but there are still some in circulation,’ she said in an Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) report yesterday.

“We want to of course make sure that this doesn’t take hold anywhere and we've got them all,” Ms Collins said.

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