Mentha spicata
Country
New Zealand (NZ)
Group
Nursery stock
End use
Tissue culture
NPPO Details
Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI)
Relevant Web Addresses
| Criteria | Criteria Required? |
|---|---|
| Import Permit | No |
| Phytosanitary Certificate | Yes |
| Additional Declaration/Endorsement | Yes |
| Protocol Market | No |
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 endorsements:
For plantlets recently removed from in-vitro tissue culture, endorsement 2029 applies.
For plants imported in growing media, endorsement 2045 applies.
Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement 2029)
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.
Option 2 (EXDOC Endorsement 2045)
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.
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.
Option 2 (EXDOC Endorsement 2045)
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.
NPPO notification dated 7 March 2019
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