Vicia faba seed

Country
Kenya (KE)
Group
Grains / Seeds
End use
Sowing
NPPO Details
​​​Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS)
Criteria Criteria Required?
Import Permit Yes
Phytosanitary Certificate Yes
Additional Declaration/Endorsement Yes
Protocol Market No
Consignments are to be free from pests, soil, weed seeds and extraneous material including chaff and leaf mould.

ICR applies to both faba beans and broad beans.

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


The exporter is to provide a crop inspection report as evidence attesting to the endorsement and to present to the Authorised Officer at time of inspection as per import permit.

If required by the import permit, consignments must be accompanied by an Orange International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) Certificate.

Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens is a synonym of Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens.

Packaging - The following material must not be used as packaging:
Banana leaves, Maize straw, Rice straw, Sorghum straw, Palm straw, Wheat straw and Leaf mould.

If any other plant residue is used as packaging material, the consignment must be accompanied by a certificate stating:
All seed, pathogens and insects have been killed before use of the material either by heating to 83 degrees Celsius for 10 minutes or by chemical treatment. The heat treatment details are to be endorsed on a Phytosanitary Certificate.

Exporter to provide attesting to the treatment if applied to the packaging material.
Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement 5461)
1) The crop was inspected during active growth and found free from Bacterial blight of pea (Pseudomonas syringae pv. pisi), Beet bacterial wilt (Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens).
2) The crop was inspected during active growth and found free from viral diseases of beans and peas.
Import permit dated 18 April 2018.
Initial Uploaded: 14/05/2018
Reviewed Uploaded: 16/09/2024