Safflower

Country
New Zealand (NZ)
Scientific Name
Carthamus tinctorius
Group
Grains / Seeds
End use
Consumption
NPPO Details
Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI)
Relevant Web Addresses
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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 2.4, including the requirement to be free of unidentified viable seeds which are:

Explanation of the endorsement

Endorsement 1304:
  • Applies to non-viable grain that has been devitalised in Australia by heat treatment (IHS section 2.4.1).
  • No import permit is required.
  • Grains/seeds must be heat treated as per the Treatment section.
  • No Additional Statement is required.
Importation of grain/seeds for biosecurity clearance on arrival at the New Zealand border (Endorsement 2973, 2974 and 6425):
  • A copy of the import permit must be presented to an Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.
  • A Sampling Certificate (Additional Statement 8191) 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.

Endorsement 2973:

  • Consignments must meet the requirements listed in the section above titled Importation of viable grain/seeds for biosecurity clearance on arrival.
  • A Pest Free Area Certificate must be presented to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.

Endorsement 2974:

  • Consignments must meet the requirements listed in the section above titled Importation of viable grain/seeds for biosecurity clearance on arrival.
  • A Crop Inspection Certificate must be presented to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.

 Endorsement 6425:

  • Consignments must meet the requirements listed in the section above titled Importation of viable grain/seeds for biosecurity clearance on arrival.
  • A Laboratory Analysis Certificate for Alternaria leaf spot of Safflower (Alternaria carthami) and Leaf spot of Safflower (Cercospora carthami) must be presented at the time of inspection.
  • A Sampler's Certificate, Laboratory Analysis Certificate or Exporter's Declaration must be presented as evidence that the Diplodia leaf spot testing sample was drawn size of five times ISTA or AOSA guidelines/methodologies.
  • The sample rate required for the Alternaria leaf spot of Safflower (Alternaria carthami) and Leaf spot of Safflower (Cercospora carthami) testing is different to the sample rate required for the seed analysis.
Explanation of Additional Statement 8191:

This Additional Statement replaces EXDOC extra certificate GL13.

This is applicable when all the below apply:
• The consignment is being imported for further processing.
• Pre-export sampling is an option for this product—check the relevant entry in the GCFP.IHS: Grain and Seeds for Consumption, Feed or Processing 2024 - Import Health Standard.
• The consignment is NOT being analysed in New Zealand as per 1.6 of the GCFP.IHS.

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

  • 121 degrees Celsius for 15 minutes
OR
  • 100 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes
OR
  • 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.

No treatment details are to be endorsed on the Treatment section of the phytosanitary certificate.

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

Option 2 (EXDOC Endorsement 2973)
1) Alternaria leaf spot of Safflower (Alternaria carthami) and Leaf spot of Safflower (Cercospora carthami) are known not to occur in the area of production.

Option 3 (EXDOC Endorsement 2974)
1) The crop was inspected during active growth and found free from Alternaria leaf spot of Safflower (Alternaria carthami) and Leaf spot of Safflower (Cercospora carthami).

Option 4 (EXDOC Endorsement 6425)
 1) The consignment was representatively sampled with a sample size of five times (5x) ISTA or AOSA guidelines/methodologies and tested in an NPPO approved diagnostic laboratory and found free from Alternaria leaf spot of Safflower (Alternaria carthami) and Leaf spot of Safflower (Cercospora carthami).

Additional Statement:
Option 1 (Additional Statement 8191)
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 dated 21 January 2021.
17/10/2025 - New additional statement 8191 created.
20/07/2022 - Amended case based on NPPO requirements
02/03/2021 - Updates to General Requirements - reference to IHS added.
Initial Uploaded: 29/07/2014
Reviewed Uploaded: 17/10/2025