Contarinia maculipennis was intercepted on four occasions in 2011, in each case on a consignment of orchids from Thailand. A Dutch PRA already exists for this pest (van der Gaag et al., 2007). After discussion at the October 2011 Risk Management Workstream meeting, a Rapid Assessment was requested for this pest to help identify the most appropriate actions to take when it is intercepted. A recommendation for destruction / reexport was issued after the first interception, although the consignment had not been detained. After a subsequent interception, a forward-looking recommendation was issued that no action should be taken when the pest is found on cut flowers on the basis that there was unlikely to be a pathway from packaged cut flowers to orchid growers.