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Plants

Zea mays seed

No

Country:

 India (IN)

Scientific Name:

  

Group:

 Grains / Seeds

End Use:

 Research

NPPO Details:
 Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage; Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare

Relevant Web Addresses:


www.agricoop.nic.in; http://www.ppqs.gov.in/

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Export Criteria

Criteria Criteria Required?
Import Permit Yes
Phytosanitary Certificate Yes
Additional Declaration/Endorsement Yes
Protocol Market No

General Requirements

Consignments are to be free from pests, soil, weed seeds and extraneous material.

A copy of the import permit must be presented to an Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.
 
Explanation of the endorsements:

   Endorsement 4815
  • Maize chlorotic mottle virus is not known to occur in Australia. No evidence is required to endorse freedom from this pest.​
  • A crop inspection report or laboratory analysis certificate is required to endorse freedom from Wheat streak mosaic virus.
  • All consignments must be free from India's quarantine weed seeds as per Schedule VIII of PQ Order 2003. Exporter must provide a laboratory analysis certificate attesting to the endorsement and to present to the Authorised Officer at time of inspection.
  • In Addition, visual inspection by the Authorised Officer must be undertaken as per instructional material for endorsing freedom from the following quarantine weed seeds.
   Endorsement 6882
  • Stewart's disease (Pantoea stewartii subsp stewartii), Nebraska wilt, (Clavibacter michiganensis subsp nebraskensis), Maize ergot (Claviceps gigantea), Anthracnose (Kabatiella zeae), Larger grain borer (Prostaphanus truncatus), Yellow leaf blight of maize (Mycosphaerrella zeae-maydis), Bacterial grapevine blight (Pantoea agglomerans) and Maize chlorotic mottle machlomovirus are not known to occur in Austalia. No evidence is required to endorse freedom from these pests.
  • A crop inspection report or laboratory analysis certificate is required for endorsing freedom from Southern leaf blight of corn (Drechslera maydis), Tropical rust (Physopella zeae), Bacterial leaf stripe of sorghum & corn (Burkholderia andropogonis), Bacterial sheath rot (Pseudomonas fuscovaginae), Halo blight (Pseudomonas syringae pv. coronafaciens) and Wheat streak mosaic virus.
  • Visual inspection by an Authorised Officer is sufficient to endorse freedom from Maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais).

  • All consignments must be free from India's quarantine weed seeds as per Schedule VIII of PQ Order 2003. Exporter must provide a laboratory analysis certificate attesting to the endorsement and to present to the Authorised Officer at time of inspection.

    In Addition, visual inspection by the Authorised Officer must be undertaken as per instructional material for endorsing freedom from the following quarantine weed seeds.​


​Where applicable, the exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the endorsement and present it to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.

Non-GMO requirements:

If certification is required (refer to import permit/NPPO notification), the exporter is responsible for ensuring that the consignment is accompanied by a Certificate as to Condition attesting that the seed has not been genetically modified.

If requested, a Certificate as to Condition (Grain - GX46/Horticulture - HX46) can be issued for the consignment that is specifically supported from information supplied by the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR) and where it is a government requirement of the importing country for non-GMO certification (refer to import permit/NPPO Notification).

The following text must be added to the additional declaration field when a GX46/HX46 template is added to the RFP:

I hereby certify the goods listed on this certificate do not contain genetically modified organisms and are not of genetically modified origin.

Treatment

Additional Declaration/Endorsements

Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement 4815)
1) Maize chlorotic mottle virus is not known to occur in Australia,
2) The crop was inspected during active growth and found free from infestation,
3) The consignment is free from Wheat streak mosaic virus.
4) The consignment is free from quarantine weed seeds as per schedule VIII of PQ order 2003.

Option 2 (EXDOC Endorsement 6882)
1) Stewart's disease (Pantoea stewartii subsp stewartii), Nebraska wilt, (Clavibacter michiganensis subsp nebraskensis), Maize ergot (Claviceps gigantea), Anthracnose (Kabatiella zeae), Larger grain borer (Prostaphanus truncatus), Yellow leaf blight of maize (Mycosphaerrella zeae-maydis), Bacterial grapevine blight (Pantoea agglomerans) and Maize chlorotic mottle machlomovirus are not known to occur in Austalia,
2) The consignment is free from Southern leaf blight of corn (Drechslera maydis), Tropical rust (Physopella zeae), Bacterial leaf stripe of sorghum & corn (Burkholderia andropogonis), Bacterial sheath rot (Pseudomonas fuscovaginae), Halo blight (Pseudomonas syringae pv. coronafaciens), Maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais) and Wheat streak mosaic virus.
3) The consignment is free from quarantine weed seeds as per schedule VIII of PQ order 2003.

Reference

Import permits dated 15 February 2019 and 9 August 2021.

Latest updates

12/04/2024 - Amended text for endorsement 4815 and 6882.
28/07/2022 - Update to non-GMO requirements.
21/09/2021 - Added endorsement and GMO requirements based on NPPO requirements.
16/04/2021 - Update to general requirements - Update to non GMO requirements as per NPPO advice.
25/02/2021 - Update to general requirements - inclusion of non-GM certification requirements.

Initial Uploaded: 29/07/2014
Reviewed Uploaded: 12/04/2024

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