Changes

The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has made changes to the permitted seed for sowing case.

What is the change?

Following a change in risk identified in Apiaceous seeds, Apium graveolens (celery/celeriac), Petroselinum crispum (parsley) and Pastinaca sativa (parsnip) seed, including associated synonyms, have been removed from the BICON case: 'Raw seed for human consumption' and moved to the following new BICON case: 'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum hosts seeds for human consumption'

The following species now require mandatory testing or treatment to manage the risk for the bacterial pathogen Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum:

• Apium crispum
  

• Apium graveolens
  

• Apium graveolens cv. secalinum
  

• Apium graveolens var. dulce
  

• Apium graveolens var. rapaceeum
  

• Apium graveolens var. rapaceum
  

• Apium graveolens var. secalinum
  

• Apium petroselinum
  

• Carum petroselinum
  

• Pastinaca sativa
  

• Pastinaca sativa subsp. sativa
  

• Pastinaca sativa subsp. urens
  

• Petroselinum crispum
  

• Petroselinum crispum var. neapolitanum
  

• Petroselinum crispum var. tuberosum
  

• Petroselinum hortense
  

• Petroselinum sativum
  

• Petroselinum vulgare
  

Please refer to General Alert ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum hosts - Seed for sowing’ for further details.

This Change applies to the following Cases:

• Raw seed