Consignments are to be free from pests, soil, weed seeds and extraneous material.
Original and certified translation of the import permit must be presented to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.No evidence is required to endorse freedom from the following pests as they are not known to occur in Australia:
- Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense)
- Dwarf bunt (Tilletia controversa)
- Maize chlorotic mottle virus
- Nematode (Longidorus spp)
- Joint goatgrass (Aegilops cylindrical)
Following pests does not require supporting evidence to be certified as it is not on the seed export pathway:
- Wheat eyespot (Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides)
- Nematodes (Paratrichodorus spp.; Meloidogyne spp.; Trichodorus spp, Pratylenchus spp)
- Burrowing nematode (Radopholus similis)
A combination of phytosanitary sampling and inspection procedures and laboratory testing may be used to endorsing freedom from the following pests:
- Red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta)
- Darnel ryegrass (Lolium temulentum)
- Buffalo Burr (Solanum rostratum)
- Winter wild oats (Avena sterilis)
- Russian knapweed (Centaurea repens)
- Doublegee (Emex australis)
- Bishop's weed (Ammi majus)
- Poverty weed (Iva axillaris)
- Winter wild oats (Avena ludoviciana)
- Bearded oats (Avena barbata)
- Rattlebox showy crotalaria (Crotalaria spectabillis)
- Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea)
- Bathurst burr (Xanthium spp.)
- Sandburr (Cenchrus spp.)
- Columbus grass (Sorghum almum)
- Toothed spurge (Euphorbia dentate).
A combination of laboratory testing, crop inspection
report or area of production freedom may be used to endorsing freedom
from the following pests:
- Blast of oil palm (Pythium splendens)
- Tomato canker (Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis)
- Stem and bulb nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci)
Where applicable, the exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the endorsement and present it to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.