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Pennisetum clandestinum seed

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Country:

Argentina (AR)

Scientific Name:

 

Group:

Grains / Seeds

End Use:

Sowing

NPPO Details:

​Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock & Fisheries, National Service for Sanitation & Agricultural Quality, The Republic of Argentina

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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.

​Original and certified translation of the import permit must be presented to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.
​Where applicable, the exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the endorsement and present it to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.
Phytosanitary visual inspection may be used for endorsing freedom from Warehouse beetle (Trogoderma variable) and Rice moth (Corcyra cephalonica).

Red witchweed (Striga asiatica) is recognised as not occurring in any Australian states and territories except the Mackay area of Queensland. Australian consignments of Pennisetum clandestinum seed can be endorsed free from Striga asiatica without any  evidence presented except for seed sourced from the Mackay area which cannot be endorsed.

Explanation of the endorsements

Endorsement 5711:

If required the statement "OFFICIAL LABORATORY ANALYSIS NUMBER (NUMBER) / DATE (DATE)" can be entered in the "Additional product description field" section of the EXDOC Request for Permit (RFP). There is to be no deviation from this text format.To enable the field on the RFP the exporter must submit a request to the EXDOC Plant program via (EXDOCPlantPrograms@agriculture.gov.au).

Treatment

Additional Declaration/Endorsements

Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement 5709)
1) The consignment is free of Warehouse beetle (Trogoderma variabile) and Rice moth (Corcyra cephalonica),
2) The crop was officially inspected during the growing period and found to be free of Mouse-ear hawkweed (Hieracium pilosella), Perennial thistle (Cirsium arvense) and Wild turnip (Brassica tournefortii)),
3) The consignment has been sourced from an area recognised by SENASA as free from Red witchweed (Striga asiatica).

Option 2 (EXDOC Endorsement 5711)
1) The consignment is free of Warehouse beetle (Trogoderma variabile) and Rice moth (Corcyra cephalonica),
2) The consignment was found to be free by official laboratory testing of Mouse-ear hawkweed (Hieracium pilosella), Perennial thistle (Cirsium arvense) and Wild turnip (Brassica tournefortii),
3) The consignment has been sourced from an area recognised by SENASA as free from Red witchweed (Striga asiatica).

Reference

Import permit dated 31 January 2019.

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Initial Uploaded: 29/07/2014
Reviewed Uploaded: 20/04/2023