Alerts

New approved offshore ISTA laboratories for seed purity analysis

Effective from 12 March 2021

The 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 Central Laboratory Reference Seed Laboratory	ul. Grunwaldzka 250 B, 60-166, Poznań, Poland	Poland	ISTA
Main Inspectorate of Plant Health and Seed Inspection Central Laboratory Warsaw Unit	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: