The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) would like to remind industry that fresh and frozen product of Solanaceae, including fruits, vines, stems, leaves, true potato seeds and tomato seeds, are prohibited entry to Korea with the exception of potato produced and registered under the MPI Phytosanitary Official Assurance Programme for Potato Cyst Nematode and Potato…
New Zealand country freedom for Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum (CLso) haplotypes B, C, D and E. The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has recently notified that New Zealand has country freedom for the organism Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum (CLso) and its haplotypes B, C, D and E. CLso is a bacterium transmitted by psyllids causing disease symptoms…
MPI update on implementation of Fijian food safety requirements for blanched, peeled, chopped, frozen vegetables and herbs, April 2017 Biosecurity Authority of Fiji (BAF) has implemented food safety requirements for blanched, peeled, chopped, frozen vegetables and herbs on the 9 March 2017 – read statement. In summary, the requirements (for frozen potatoes) are: Consignments must…
ICPR New Search Facility (sec 1.2) The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has developed a new search facility for Importing Countries Phytosanitary Requirements (ICPRs) as a result of the changes being made to the MPI website. The new ICPR search function is focussed on ease of navigation and it is more user-friendly. It includes a…
Dear exporters, The Biosecurity Authority of Fiji (BAF) is inspecting all fresh potato consignments on arrival in Fiji so it is vital that all these consignments meet Fiji’s import conditions as outlined below. An import permit and a phytosanitary certificate with the following additional declarations is required: “Grown in an area entirely free from, Globodera…
Dear exporters, The Biosecurity Authority of Fiji (BAF) is inspecting all fresh potato consignments on arrival in Fiji so it is vital that all these consignments meet Fiji’s import conditions as outlined below. An import permit and a phytosanitary certificate with the following additional declarations is required: 1. “Grown in an area entirely…
Thailand Food Regulation: Labelling of Prepackaged Food, 2017 update On 1 December 2014, Thailand implemented new labelling criteria for pre-packaged foods. A grace period of two years was given to food producers and importers to comply with the new regulation which ended December 2016. Pre-packaged food is food packed in containers for sale. On the…
This just out from MPI. French Polynesia has added the requirement that fresh potatoes “must be free of soil”. ICPR FRENCH POLYNESIA Status: APPROVED 14 February 2017 Page 30 of 76 Fresh potatoes Solanum tuberosum Potato Conditions: For consumption only. Import permit not required. Phytosanitary certificate, additional declaration and treatment required. Must be free of soil. Additional declaration: “Free from Corynebacterium…
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