Medicago sativa seed

Country
Sri Lanka (LK)
Group
Grains / Seeds
End use
Sowing
NPPO Details
National Plant Quarantine Service (NPQS), Department of Agriculture
Relevant Web Addresses
https://www.doa.gov.lk/SCPPC/NPQS/
Criteria Criteria Required?
Import Permit Yes
Phytosanitary Certificate Yes
Additional Declaration/Endorsement Refer below
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.

If required by the import permit, consignment is to be accompanied with an International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) Orange Certificate.

If required by the import permit, consignment is to be accompanied with Certificate of Origin issued by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Consignments are to securely packed and each package must contain information on crop, variety seed treatment if any, name and address of supplier and lot number.

It is the exporter’s responsibility to ensure that the phytosanitary certificate is issued within 14 days of the consignment being exported from Australia.

Refer to the departure date and inspection date in the Request for Permit.

Explanation of endorsement 6873

  • This endorsement is only to be used when required by the import permit. If no such endorsement is required, a phytosanitary certificate with nil endorsement is to be issued.
  • Visual inspection is sufficient for endorsing freedom from phytophagous mites and injurious insects.
  • A laboratory analysis certificate is required to endorse freedom from nematodes.

If required by the import permit, consignment is to be treated with a wide spectrum fungicide and insecticide at recommended manufacturers' requirements.

The exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the treatment and present it to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.

Details of treatment to be endorsed on the phytosanitary certificate in the treatment section.

If no treatment is required to be endorsed on the import permit, a phytosanitary certificate with no treatment details is to be issued.

Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement 6873)
1) A representative sample was tested and inspected and found free of phytophagous mites, parasitic nematodes and injurious insects.
Import permits dated 9 June 2015, 25 August 2021.
16/09/2021 - Replaced endorsement 643 with new endorsement based on exporter requirements.
15/09/2021 - Updated Micor case based on NPPO requirements.
Initial Uploaded: 13/08/2015
Reviewed Uploaded: 18/07/2026