Safflower

Country
India (IN)
Scientific Name
Carthamus tinctorius
Group
Grains / Seeds
End use
Processing
NPPO Details
Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage; Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare
Relevant Web Addresses
http://www.ppqs.gov.in/
Criteria Criteria Required?
Import Permit No
Phytosanitary Certificate Yes
Additional Declaration/Endorsement Yes
Protocol Market No
Note: Thedepartment cannot issue non-GMO certification or an Export Statement onbehalf of the OGTR for canola Safflower (Carthamustinctorius) as geneticallymodifiedSafflower (Carthamus tinctorius) has been approved for commercial release inAustralia.

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


Explanation of the endorsement

Endorsement 3954:
  • 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.
  • Visual inspection by an Authorised Officer is sufficient to endorse freedom from soil (as per normal tolerances).
Where applicable, the exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the endorsement and present it to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.


Consignments unable to be certified under endorsement 3954 are to be devitalised by heat treatment at 120 degrees Celsius for 15 minutes

The exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the treatment and present it to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.


Details of treatment to be endorsed on the phytosanitary certificate in the treatment section.
Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement 3954)
1) The consignment is free from quarantine weed seeds,
2) The consignment is free from soil.
Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) (Tenth Amendment) Order, 2019.
15/03/2024 - Explanation of endorsement 3954 text updated.
28/07/2022 - Update to non-GMO requirements.
25/02/2021 - Update to general requirements - inclusion of non-GM certification requirements.
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