Alerts
New approved offshore ISTA laboratories for seed purity analysis
Effective from 12 March 2021The department has approved three 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 |
Main Inspectorate of Plant Health and Seed Inspection |
ul. Grunwaldzka 250 B, 60-166, Poznań, Poland |
Poland |
ISTA |
Main Inspectorate of Plant Health and Seed Inspection |
ul. Żółkiewskiego 17, 05-075 Warszawa – Wesoła, Poland |
Poland |
ISTA |
Sakata Seed Corporation Quality Management Department |
1660 Hazawacho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, 221-0863 Japan |
Japan |
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:
- Seed for sowing products
- Popping corn for human consumption
- Zea mays seed for sowing
- Myrtaceae seed for sowing
- Rutaceae seed for sowing requiring treatment and/or testing
- Papaver somniferum seed for sowing
- Kibbled cereal mix for human consumption
- Mangifera spp. seed for sowing
- Camellia sinensis seed for sowing
- Nuts and woody tree seed for sowing
- Vaccinium spp. seed for sowing
- Palm seed for sowing
- Allium spp. seed for sowing
- Mixed seed for sowing (permitted species)
- Fagopyrum esculentum seed for sowing
- Brassicaceous seed for sowing requiring treatment
- Xanthosoma roseum seed for sowing
- Agropyron spp. seed for sowing
- Annona spp. seed for sowing
- Moko hosts seed for sowing
- Encephalartos spp. seed for sowing
- Cannabis spp. seed for sowing
- Arabidopsis spp. seed for sowing
- Momordica charantia as seed for sowing
- Unrestricted Luffa spp. and Momordica spp. seed for sowing
- Benincasa hispida seed for sowing
- Ribes spp. seed for sowing
- Lolium spp. seed for sowing
- Medicago spp. seed for sowing
- Orchid seed for sowing
- Pea seed for sowing
- Whole dried peas for human consumption
- Cucurbit seed for human consumption
- Coriander seed for human consumption
- Cuminum cyminum seed for sowing
- Cumin seed for human consumption
- Coriandrum sativum seed for sowing
- Unrestricted cucurbitaceous seed for sowing
- Daucus carota seed for sowing
- Apium graveolens seed for sowing
- Foeniculum vulgare seed for sowing
- Petroselinum crispum seed for sowing
- Capsicum spp. (requiring testing) seed for sowing
- Tomato seed for sowing
- Cucumis sativus seed for sowing
- Cucurbita pepo seed for sowing
- Lagenaria siceraria seed for sowing
- Trichosanthes cucumerina seed for sowing
- Cucurbita maxima seed for sowing
- Cucurbita moschata seed for sowing
- Citrullus lanatus seed for sowing
- Cucumis melo seed for sowing
- Birdseed
- Permitted seed for sowing
- Raw seed for human consumption
- Dactylis spp. seed for sowing