Canna spp
| Criteria | Criteria Required? |
|---|---|
| Import Permit | No |
| Phytosanitary Certificate | Yes |
| Additional Declaration/Endorsement | Yes |
| Protocol Market | No |
Where applicable, the exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the endorsement and to present to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.
Plants in tissue culture must be produced in a facility under conditions that prevent contamination with regulated pests (refer to Standard 155.02.06 section 2.2.2.2).
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 number of flasks/tubs/tubes in the consignment are to be declared on the phytosanitary certificate at all times.
LABELLING: All flasks/tubs/tubes of cultures in the consignment must be clearly identified with their scientific name (genus and species).
Explanation of endorsements:
For plantlets recently removed from in-vitro tissue culture, endorsement 940 applies.
For plants imported in growing media, endorsement 945 applies.
Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement 940)
1) The 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 tissue culture/plants in-vitro in this consignment, and the plants they were derived from, have only been grown in the country of origin, Australia, which is free from Xylella fastidiosa.
3) The cultures have been derived from parent stock tested and found free of virus diseases.
Option 2 (EXDOC Endorsement 945)
1) The tissue culture/plants in-vitro in this consignment, and the plants they were derived from, have only been grown in the country of origin, Australia, which is free from Xylella fastidiosa.
2) The cultures have been derived from parent stock tested and found free of virus diseases.