Alerts
New approved offshore ISTA laboratories for seed purity analysis
Effective from 12 December 2020The department has approved two 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 |
Randers Lab, DLF Seeds A/S |
Hadstenvej 20 DK-8940 Randers SV |
Denmark |
ISTA |
Roskilde Lab, DLF Seeds A/S |
Ny Oestergade 9 DK-4000 Roskilde |
Denmark |
ISTA |
Import permits:
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.
Who does this notice affect:
Importers of seed for sowing, importers of seed for human consumption, their brokers, Client Contact Group and Inspections Group.
Further information:
Please contact Plant Import Operations on 1800 900 090 or email imports@agriculture.gov.au.
This Alert applies to the following Cases:
- Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum hosts as seed for sowing
- Pea seed for sowing
- Myrtaceae seed for sowing
- Tomato seed for sowing
- Cannabis spp. seed for sowing
- Foeniculum vulgare as seed for sowing
- Apium graveolens as seed for sowing
- Kibbled cereal mix for human consumption
- Daucus carota seed for sowing
- Rutaceae seed for sowing requiring treatment and/or testing
- Camellia sinensis seed for sowing
- Capsicum spp. (requiring testing) seed for sowing
- Ribes spp. seed for sowing
- Papaver somniferum seed for sowing
- Seed for sowing products
- Cucurbit seed for human consumption
- Popping corn for human consumption
- Whole dried peas for human consumption
- Dactylis spp. seed for sowing
- Annona spp. seed for sowing
- Nuts and woody tree seed for sowing
- Encephalartos spp. seed for sowing
- Zea mays seed for sowing
- Agropyron spp. seed for sowing
- Brassicaceous seed for sowing requiring treatment
- Unrestricted Luffa spp. and Momordica spp. seed for sowing
- Unrestricted cucurbitaceous seed for sowing
- Cucurbita maxima seed for sowing
- Cucumis melo seed for sowing
- Citrullus lanatus seed for sowing
- Cucurbita moschata seed for sowing
- Cuminum cyminum seed for sowing
- Cucurbita pepo seed for sowing
- Coriander seed for human consumption
- Cucumis sativus seed for sowing
- Trichosanthes cucumerina seed for sowing
- Allium spp. seed for sowing
- Lolium spp. seed for sowing
- Orchid seed for sowing
- Arabidopsis spp. seed for sowing
- Fagopyrum esculentum seed for sowing
- Palm seed for sowing
- Moko hosts seed for sowing
- Mixed seed for sowing (permitted species)
- Vaccinium spp. seed for sowing
- Xanthosoma roseum seed for sowing
- Mangifera spp. seed for sowing
- Medicago spp. seed for sowing
- Benincasa hispida seed for sowing
- Coriandrum sativum seed for sowing
- Momordica charantia as seed for sowing
- Lagenaria siceraria seed for sowing
- Cumin seed for human consumption
- Permitted seed for sowing
- Raw seed for human consumption
- Birdseed