Alerts

The purpose of this notification is to advise stakeholders of upcoming changes to remove devitalisation measures for fennel and celery seeds for human consumption.

Who does this affect?
Importers and brokers of fennel and celery seeds for human consumption and departmental staff.

What is changing?
On December 1 2021,

• Moist heat treatment, gamma irradiation or germination testing will be removed from the import requirements for fennel and celery seeds for human consumption.
• ISTA purity testing (onshore or offshore) will be resumed to address the contamination risk of imported fennel and celery seed consignments.

Note: An import permit will still be required.

Further information:
Please contact Plant Import Operations on 1800 900 090 or email imports@awe.gov.au (please title the subject line of the email ‘Plant Tier 2 - fennel and celery seed for HC import conditions’).