Alerts
Inclusion of Australian ISTA approved laboratories list within BICON
Effective from 8 December 2021The purpose of this notice is to advise stakeholders that the list of International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) approved laboratories in Australia that are accredited by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (the department) to undertake taxonomic identification of contaminant seeds detected on imported horticultural fresh produce or fresh cut flowers and foliage, is now published and available within BICON.
The ISTA laboratories are listed in the appendices section of the BICON case.
The listed ISTA laboratories are approved by the department to perform taxonomic identification of contaminant seeds detected on imported consignments, as well as purity and germination analysis on seeds imported for sowing and consumption.
Please refer to the list of department approved seed testing laboratories in Australia for the contact information for the laboratories.
Who does this alert affect:
Importers (and their customs brokers) of seeds sent for taxonomic identification at an ISTA approved laboratory, and department staff.
Further information:
For additional information, please contact Plant Import Operations by emailing imports@awe.gov.au (subject line, Plant-T2), or phone 1800 900 090.
This Alert applies to the following Cases:
- Fresh melons for human consumption
- Fresh fruit for human consumption requiring further assessment
- Fresh kiwifruit for human consumption
- Fresh asparagus for human consumption
- Fresh whole pomegranates for human consumption
- Fresh pineapple for human consumption
- Fresh avocado for human consumption
- Fresh feijoa for human consumption
- Fresh figs for human consumption
- Fresh olives for human consumption
- Fresh snow peas and sugar snap peas for human consumption
- Fresh okra for human consumption
- Fresh etrog for ceremonial purposes
- Fresh babaco for human consumption
- Fresh mangosteen for human consumption
- Fresh dragon fruit for human consumption
- Fresh calamondin and cumquat for human consumption
- Fresh wampee for human consumption
- Fresh pomelo, tangelo, tangor and grapefruit/pomelo hybrids for human consumption
- Fresh salacca for human consumption
- Fresh leafy vegetables for human consumption
- Fresh herbs for human consumption
- Fresh limes for human consumption
- Fresh coconut and coconut meat
- Fresh custard apples and cherimoya for human consumption
- Fresh Brassica spp. for human consumption
- Fresh pome fruit for human consumption
- Fresh corn for human consumption
- Fresh granadilla and passion fruit for human consumption
- Fresh mustard stick, betel leaves and paan leaves (Piper betel) for human consumption
- Fresh grapes for human consumption
- Fresh stone fruit for human consumption
- Fresh persimmons for human consumption
- Fresh Solanaceous fruit for human consumption
- Fresh dates for human consumption
- Fresh produce for processing at a department approved arrangement site
- Fresh Cucurbits for human consumption
- Fresh root vegetables for human consumption
- Fresh papaya for human consumption
- Fresh lemons for human consumption
- Fresh leaves for human consumption
- Fresh longan and lychee for human consumption
- Fresh grapefruit or sweetie for human consumption
- Fresh mango for human consumption
- Fresh mandarins and tangerines for human consumption
- Fresh berries for human consumption
- Fresh cut flowers and foliage
- Fresh oranges for human consumption
- Fresh Allium spp. for human consumption