Ananas comosus

Country
New Zealand (NZ)
Group
Nursery stock
End use
Tissue culture
NPPO Details
Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI)
Relevant Web Addresses
https://www.mpi.govt.nz/
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.
A copy of the import permit must be presented to an Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.
Consignments are to be packed in clean, new packages/bags not previously used for any purpose.

Consignment must be clearly labelled with its full botanical name (genus and species).

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

Tissue cultures must be produced in a facility under conditions that prevent contamination with regulated pests.

Cultures imported in growing media must have been grown in the vessel in which they are imported. The container must be pest-proof, rigid and either clear plastic or glass. The culture must not contain any antibiotics or fungicides.

The cultures must meet the requirements of one of the below options:

Option 1: Offshore mother plant testing

The consignment must meet the following pre-shipment requirements:

  • The Ananas tissue cultures must be inspected by the exporting NPPO in accordance with appropriate official procedures and found to be free of any visually detectable regulated pests, (through authorised officer inspection)
  • The tissue cultures must be derived from mother plants tested and found to be free of Dickeya zeae, Fusarium verticilliodes, Pantoea ananatis, Phytophthora cinnamomi, and Phytophthora megakarya, (through laboratory test report of the mother plants)
  • The tissue cultures must be held in a manner to ensure that infestation/reinfestation does not occur following certification (through secure packaging).

Explanation of endorsement:

  • 8527 - Applies to plantlets recently removed from in vitro tissue culture.
  • 8528 - Applies to plants exported in the growing media/ culture.

Option 2: Onshore testing of plants in post-entry quarantine (PEQ) in New Zealand

The consignment must meet the following pre-shipment requirements:

  • The Ananas tissue cultures must be inspected by the exporting NPPO in accordance with appropriate official procedures and found to be free of any visually detectable regulated pests, (through authorised officer inspection)
  • The tissue cultures must be tested and found to be free of Dickeya zeae, Fusarium verticilliodes, Pantoea ananatis, Phytophthora cinnamomi, and Phytophthora megakarya while in post-entry quarantine in New Zealand , using growing season inspection in PEQ for disease symptom expression and PCR or plating on selective media.

Explanation of endorsement:

  • 3357- Applies to plantlets recently removed from in vitro tissue culture.
  • No endorsement required for plants exported in the growing media/ culture.

Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement 8527)
1) These plantlets were removed from the original culture container(s) in which they were grown, not more than 48 hours before export, and have not been in contact with any other growing media.
2) The Ananas tissue cultures have been derived from mother plants tested and found to be free of Dickeya zeae, Fusarium verticilliodes, Pantoea ananatis, Phytophthora cinnamomi, and Phytophthora megakarya.

Option 2 (EXDOC Endorsement 8528)
1) The Ananas tissue cultures have been derived from mother plants tested and found to be free of Dickeya zeae, Fusarium verticilliodes, Pantoea ananatis, Phytophthora cinnamomi, and Phytophthora megakarya.

Option 3 (EXDOC Endorsement 3357)
1) These plantlets were removed from the original culture container(s) in which they were grown, not more than 48 hours before export, and have not been in contact with any other growing media.

New Zealand's Ministry for Primary Industries, Import Health Standard 155.02.06 dated 05 November 2025.

29/10/2026 - Endorsement 3357 added for onshore testing requirements.
28/10/2026 - Case created as per NPPO requirements. 

Initial Uploaded: 20/10/2026
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