Changes

The purpose of this notification is to advise of additions and removal of species to the Permitted Seeds List and the 'Birdseed' BICON case.

From 15 November 2019 the following species of seeds will be permitted entry under the BICON cases 'Permitted seed for sowing', 'Seed for sowing products', 'Birdseed' and 'Raw seed for human consumption', provided they meet the conditions published in the BICON case. The following species have undergone a Weed Risk Assessment and Disease Risk Assessment as seeds for sowing:

• Anthurium plowmanii
  

• Barnardia numidica
  

• Biophytum cumingianum
  

• Biophytum sensitivum
  

• Boquila trifoliolata
  

• Borzicactus straussii
  

• Cereus straussii
  

• Cleistocactus nivosus
  

• Cleistocactus strausii
  

• Conophytum antonii
  

• Conophytum armianum
  

• Conophytum arthurolfago
  

• Conophytum bachelorum
  

• Conophytum bruynsii
  

• Daucus decipiens
  

• Dipteryx alata
  

• Eriosyce aerocarpa
  

• Eriosyce caligophila
  

• Eriosyce confinis
  

• Eriosyce napina
  

• Eriosyce occulta
  

• Eriosyce taltalensis
  

• Eriosyce umadeave
  

• Eriosyce villosa
  

• Espostoopsis dybowskii
  

• Isolatocereus dumortieri
  

• Lilium debile
  

• Lilium eupetes
  

• Lilium matangense
  

• Lilium medogense
  

• Lilium yapingense
  

• Melanoselinum decipiens
  

• Meryta balansae
  

• Neochilenia aerocarpa
  

• Neochilenia confinis
  

• Neochilenia mitis
  

• Neochilenia neofusca
  

• Neochilenia taltalensis
  

• Neoporteria atrispinosa
  

• Neoporteria laniceps
  

• Neoporteria polyraphis
  

• Neoporteria umadeave
  

• Oenothera blandina
  

• Oenothera gigas
  

• Oenothera lamarckiana
  

• Oxalis cumingiana
  

• Oxalis metziana
  

• Oxalis sensitiva
  

• Passiflora lindeniana
  

• Peperomia albovittata
  

• Pilocereus straussii
  

• Polylepis australis
  

• Pycandra acuminata
  

• Pyrrhocactus confinis
  

• Pyrrhocactus philippianus
  

• Pyrrhocactus taltalensis
  

• Pyrus fauriei
  

• Pyrus x triploida
  

• Scilla parviflora
  

• Thelocephala aerocarpa
  

• Thelocephala napina
  

• Thelocephala nuda
  

From 15 November 2019 the following species of seeds will not require an import permit if importers can meet the conditions published in the BICON case 'Permitted seed for sowing':

• Catharanthus roseus
  

• Ammocallis rosea
  

• Lochnera rosea
  

• Vinca rosea
  

From 15 November 2019 the following species of seeds will be removed from the Permitted Seeds List and the BICON cases 'Permitted seed for sowing', 'Seed for sowing products', 'Birdseed' and 'Raw seed for human consumption' as they have been identified as being under official control:

• Peganum harmala
  

From 15 November 2019 Carica jamaicensis will be removed from the Permitted Seeds List and the BICON cases 'Permitted seed for sowing', 'Seed for sowing products', 'Birdseed' and 'Raw seed for human consumption' as it has been identified as being a synonym for Carica papaya.

Who does this notice affect:

Assessment Services Group, Inspections Group and importers of birdseed and customs brokers.

Background:

The Weed Risk Assessment system is a science-based quarantine risk analysis tool for determining the weed potential of a plant. All plants proposed for importation into Australia and not currently permitted on BICON are assessed for their potential to become weeds in Australia. Further information on the Weed Risk Assessment system is available on the department’s website.

This addition follows a departmental assessment which determined that there is a low risk of these species becoming weeds in Australia.

Further information:

For further information please contact Plant Import Operations on 1800 900 090 or imports@agriculture.gov.au.