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New approved offshore ISTA laboratories for seed purity analysis

Effective from 12 December 2020

The 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: