Alerts
Addition of approved testing laboratory for seed purity analysis in Chile and Thailand
Effective from 29 May 2019What is the change?
The department has approved new laboratories to perform seed purity analysis on seed being imported into Australia. The list of department-approved seed testing laboratories has been updated to include the following laboratories:
Testing laboratory |
Address |
Country |
Certificate type |
Laboratorio Oficial de |
Correo Central, Km.22, |
Chile |
ISTA |
East West Seed |
50/1 Moo 2 Sainoi- |
Thailand |
ISTA |
What does this mean for my imports?
Seed species that require an import permit:
Existing import permits will not be varied to include the new laboratories, unless specifically requested by an import permit holder.
All new permits will be issued with the new laboratories included.
Seed species that do not require an import permit:
Certificates issued by the above laboratories will be accepted by the department immediately.
Further information
For further information please contact Plant Import Operations on 1800 900 090 or imports@agriculture.gov.au.
This Alert applies to the following Cases:
- Papaver somniferum seed for sowing
- Pea seed for sowing
- Myrtaceae seed for sowing
- Seed for sowing products
- Cucurbit seed for sowing requiring testing for plant viruses
- Rutaceae seed for sowing
- Kibbled cereal mix for human consumption
- Popping corn for human consumption
- Zea mays seed for sowing
- Medicago spp. seed for sowing
- Annona spp. seed for sowing
- Biomat products containing seed for sowing
- Mixed seed for sowing (permitted species)
- Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum hosts as seed for sowing
- Ribes spp. seed for sowing
- Moko hosts seed for sowing
- Conifer (excluding Pinus spp. and Pseudotsuga spp.) seed for sowing
- Birdseed
- Daucus carota seed for sowing
- Cannabis spp. seed for sowing
- Palm seed for sowing
- Permitted seed for sowing
- Nuts and woody tree seed for sowing
- Camellia sinensis seed for sowing
- Orchid seed for sowing
- Daylily rust host seed for sowing
- Brassica spp. seed for sowing
- Lolium spp. seed for sowing
- Allium spp. seed for sowing
- Dactylis spp. seed for sowing
- Fagopyrum esculentum seed for sowing
- Agropyron spp. seed for sowing
- Mangifera spp. seed for sowing
- Encephalartos spp. seed for sowing
- Xanthosoma roseum seed for sowing
- Arabidopsis spp. seed for sowing
- Vaccinium spp. seed for sowing
- Catharanthus roseus seed for sowing
- Tomato seed for sowing
- Capsicum spp. (requiring testing) seed for sowing
- Whole dried peas for human consumption
- Raw seed for human consumption