Oats

Country
New Zealand (NZ)
Scientific Name
Avena spp.
Group
Grains / Seeds
End use
Consumption
NPPO Details
Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI)
Relevant Web Addresses
http://www.mpi.govt.nz/
http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/biosecuritynz
Criteria Criteria Required?
Import Permit No
Phytosanitary Certificate Yes
Additional Declaration/Endorsement Yes
Protocol Market No
Consignments are to be free from pests, soil, weed seeds and extraneous material.

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

The consignment must meet all requirements of IHS Part 1 and Part 2.22, including the requirement to be free of unidentified viable seeds which are:

Oats devitalised in Australia:

  • Applies to viable grain / seed for treatment to render them non-viable in Australia 
  • Grain must be rendered non-viable prior to arrival in New Zealand, using one of the treatment options listed in Appendix 2 of the IHS.
  • Additional Decleration 1304 is required

Oats to be treated in New Zealand:

  • Applies to viable grain / seed for treatment to render them non-viable at a transitional facility
  • Grain that are to be treated on arrival, the importer should, priot to import, ensure that the transitional facility can treat the consignment
  • No Additional Decleration is required

Oats for processing in New Zealand:

  • Applies to viable grain / seed for processing to render them non-viable at a transitional facility.
  • A Sampling Certificate (Additional Statement 6403) and Seed Analysis Certificate is required, otherwise the grain will be analysed upon arrival in New Zealand
  • The Seed Analysis Certificate must be issued by an Association of Official Seed Analysts (AOSA) or ISTA accredited seed testing station or an Australian laboratory capable of undertaking the analysis.

Explanation of the endorsements:

Endorsement 7257:

  • Consignments must meet the requirements listed in the section above titled Importation of viable grain/seeds for processing in New Zealand MPI approved transitional facilities
  • Cephalosporium stripe: cereals (Cephalosporium gramineum) is known not to occur in Australia. No evidence is required to endorse freedom from this pests
  • Visual inspection by an Authorised Officer is sufficient for endorsing freedom from any live, visually detectable regulated insects and mites

Endorsement 1304:
  • Applies to non-viable grain that has been devitalised in Australia by heat treatment.
  • Grains/seeds must be heat treated as per the Treatment section.

If endorsements 1304 is applied, then the consignment must be heat treated at:

  • 85 degrees Celsius for 15 hours at  a minimum 40% relative humidity.
The exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the treatment and present it to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.

Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement 7257)
1) A representative sample has been inspected in accordance with appropriate official procedures and found to be free of any live, visually detectable regulated insects and mites.
2) Cephalosporium stripe: cereals (Cephalosporium gramineum) is known not to occur in Australia,

Option 2 (EXDOC Endorsement 1304)
1) The grain/seed in this consignment has been heat treated and the consignment contains no viable seeds.

Additional Statement:
Option 1 (Additional Statement 6403)
Declaration for seed sampling
1) A primary sample was officially drawn during the loading of the consignment, at a rate of at least one primary sample per 100 tonnes of grain.
2) All submitted samples were prepared and dispatched in accordance with ISTA rules.

Import Health Standard sighted 19 July 2022, notification from NPPO dated 19 July 2022

23/04/2025 - Updated treatment details.
22/07/2022 - Amended case based on NPPO requirements
22/07/2022 - New endorsement 7257 created.
Initial Uploaded: 29/07/2014
Reviewed Uploaded: 23/04/2025