Changes
New webpage for ISTA & NAL Department approved seed purity testing laboratories
Effective from 28 October 2022This notice is to advise stakeholders that the department has published a new webpage to contain the list of International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) accredited laboratories and Naktuinbouw Authorized Laboratories (NAL) that are approved by the department to perform seed purity testing on seeds imported for planting and consumption.
The new webpage can be found here:department approved seed purity testing laboratories.
This webpage now contains the complete list of department approved laboratories in Australia and overseas, categorised by country. No other changes have been made to the list of approved laboratories.
All existing links to the Australian and overseas lists of department approved seed purity testing laboratories within the import conditions of seed cases have been replaced with a hyperlink to the new webpage.
Import Permits:
Existing import permits will not be varied. All import permits issued from this day onwards will contain a hyperlink to the new webpage, instead of the table in the appendix of the permit.
Who does this notice affect:
Importers of seed for sowing, importers of seed for human consumption, their brokers, Client Contact Group and Pathway Operations Cargo - Assessment and Inspections.
Further information:
Please contact Plant Import Operations at imports@agriculture.gov.au or phone 1800 900 090.
This Change applies to the following Cases:
- Fresh melons for human consumption
- Carya spp. seed for sowing
- Fresh mustard stick, betel leaves and paan leaves (Piper betel) for human consumption
- Camellia sinensis seed for sowing
- Papaver somniferum seed for sowing
- Unrestricted Luffa spp. and Momordica spp. seed for sowing
- Unrestricted cucurbitaceous seed for sowing
- Brassicaceous seed for sprouting or micro-green production
- Benincasa hispida seed for sowing
- Cucurbita pepo seed for sowing
- Lagenaria siceraria seed for sowing
- Citrullus lanatus seed for sowing
- Cucurbita maxima seed for sowing
- Trichosanthes cucumerina seed for sowing
- Fresh leaves for human consumption
- Chickpeas for human consumption
- Coriander seed for human consumption
- Celery seed for human consumption
- Cumin seed for human consumption
- Fennel seed for human consumption
- Fagopyrum esculentum for human consumption
- Cucurbit seed for human consumption
- Betel nuts for human consumption
- Papaver somniferum seed for human consumption
- Regulated vegetable crop seeds for human consumption
- Whole dried peas for human consumption
- Whole lentils for human consumption
- Fresh corn for human consumption
- Fresh avocado for human consumption
- Fresh whole pomegranates for human consumption
- Bean seed for human consumption
- Fresh persimmons for human consumption
- Fresh dates for human consumption
- Fresh pome fruit for human consumption
- Myrtaceae seed for sowing
- Pea seed for sowing
- Medicago spp. seed for sowing
- Fresh grapes for human consumption
- Fresh lemons for human consumption
- Birdseed
- Fresh limes for human consumption
- Fresh stone fruit for human consumption
- Mixed seed for sowing (permitted species)
- Fresh mandarins and tangerines for human consumption
- Permitted seed for sowing
- Annona spp. seed for sowing
- Lolium spp. seed for sowing
- Carica papaya seed for sowing
- Rutaceae seed for sowing requiring treatment and/or testing
- Fagopyrum esculentum seed for sowing
- Plant material for research purposes
- Sesame seed for human consumption
- Millet for human consumption
- Sunflower kernel or seed for human consumption
- Nicotiana spp. seed for sowing
- Persea americana seed for sowing
- Petroselinum crispum seed for sowing
- Pastinaca sativa seed for sowing
- Apium graveolens seed for sowing
- Fresh granadilla and passion fruit for human consumption
- Fresh custard apples and cherimoya for human consumption
- Fresh etrog for ceremonial purposes
- Fresh cut flowers and foliage
- Fresh fruit for human consumption requiring further assessment
- Fresh oranges for human consumption
- Fresh Solanaceous fruit for human consumption
- Fresh snow peas and sugar snap peas for human consumption
- Fresh lychee for human consumption
- Fresh Allium spp. for human consumption
- Prunus spp. seed for sowing
- Fresh grapefruit or sweetie for human consumption
- Moko hosts seed for sowing
- Xanthosoma roseum seed for sowing
- Fresh kiwifruit for human consumption
- Vaccinium spp. seed for sowing
- Dactylis spp. seed for sowing
- Mangifera spp. seed for sowing
- Fresh produce for processing at a department approved arrangement site
- Arabidopsis spp. seed for sowing
- Chestnut blight hosts as seed for sowing
- Fresh pomelo, tangelo, tangor and grapefruit/pomelo hybrids for human consumption
- Fresh coconut and coconut meat
- Fresh calamondin and cumquat for human consumption
- Fresh salacca for human consumption
- Fresh asparagus for human consumption
- Agropyron spp. seed for sowing
- Phaseolus spp. seed for sowing
- Allium spp. seed for sowing
- Zea mays seed for sowing
- Encephalartos spp. seed for sowing
- Palm seed for sowing
- Seed for sowing products
- Raw seed for human consumption
- Fresh berries for human consumption
- Brassicaceous seed for sowing requiring treatment
- Nuts and woody tree seed for sowing
- Cannabis spp. seed for sowing
- Tomato seed for sowing
- Wild tomato seed for sowing
- Capsicum spp. (requiring testing) seed for sowing
- Orchid seed for sowing
- Fresh Cucurbits for human consumption
- Cuminum cyminum seed for sowing
- Foeniculum vulgare seed for sowing
- Daucus carota seed for sowing
- Coriandrum sativum seed for sowing
- Fresh leafy vegetables for human consumption
- Fresh okra for human consumption
- Fresh Brassica spp. for human consumption
- Fresh pineapple for human consumption
- Fresh root vegetables for human consumption
- Fresh dragon fruit for human consumption
- Fresh figs for human consumption
- Fresh feijoa for human consumption
- Fresh babaco for human consumption
- Fresh wampee for human consumption
- Fresh papaya for human consumption
- Fresh mangosteen for human consumption
- Fresh olives for human consumption
- Fresh herbs for human consumption