Notice - Notification of WTO Members: Import health standard Seeds for Sowing (155.02.05).
WTO code |
G/SPS/N/NZL/663 |
Date notice |
29/10/2021 |
Notice type |
Regular |
Title |
Import health standard Seeds for Sowing (155.02.05).
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Summary |
MPI proposes a change to the testing requirement for Pepino mosaic virus in the specific requirements for tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) in the Import Health Standard: Seeds for Sowing (155.02.05) to require that:
seeds are officially tested, on a representative sample of a minimum of 3,000 seeds officially drawn according to the ISTA or AOSA sampling methodology, using an NPPO-approved ELISA or NPPO-approved PCR testing method and found free from Pepino mosaic virus. Currently, the testing requirement for Pepino mosaic virus for tomato seeds for sowing in the Import Health Standard: Seeds for Sowing (155.02.05) requires that "seeds are officially tested, on a representative sample, and using appropriate methods, and found to be free from Pepino mosaic virus."
The proposed amendment strengthens the measures for Pepino mosaic virus in the Import Health Standard: Seeds for Sowing (155.02.05) by making the testing requirements more prescriptive.
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Product |
Seed for sowing - Solanum lycopersicum |
Country |
New Zealand |
File attach:
NNZL663.pdf
Orther Notice: