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Daylily rust host seed for sowing

Effective from 5 May 2017

This notice provides clients of the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources notification of changes to the details of the Department approved seed testing laboratories - April 2017.

What is the change?

The business name and address for the ISTA approved laboratory, SGS Mid-West Seed Services, Inc. based in the United States of America has changed, details listed below:

Old
Testing Laboratory: SGS Mid-West Seed Services, Inc.
Address: 236 32nd Avenue Brookings, South Dakota, 57006
Country: United States of America

New
Testing Laboratory: SGS
Address: 1405 32nd Avenue Brookings, South Dakota, 57006
Country: United States of America

What does this mean for my imports?

  • The department will accept ISTA certificates issued from SGS that contain either the old or new company name/address details.

  • Existing import permits will not be varied to reflect the updated name/address, unless specifically requested by an import permit holder.

  • New import permits, will be issued with only the updates address for SGS.

Further Information

Please contact Plant Import Operations on 1800 900 090 or email imports@agriculture.gov.au

This Change applies to the following Cases: