New ePhyto System
We are pleased to inform you that our new ePhyto application for electronic Phytosanitary Certifications is now available for use.
Once you have been registered as a user of this application according to your user roles you will receive an email from us with your Activation key.
Please click on the link provided below to get to the ePhyto Landing page from where you will be able to proceed into the new application.
Before you do so, we would like to draw your attention to the following:
(1) The ePhyto application can only be accessed by users registered with MAF for that purpose.
(2) The ePhyto application is accessed via an igovt login, which you already have or you will need to create when you login for the first time. This is a simple process where you can choose your username and password and will be required to specify a small number of security questions which will allow you to retrieve/reset your password at a later stage should you have misplaced it.
(3) When you access the ePhyto application first the first time using your igovt login, you will be asked to accept the Terms and Conditions of Use and provide an activation key, which you will be given when you register for ePhyto with MAF.
(4) The ePhyto application has been tested for use with different Web Browsers. Currently the application works with Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) on Windows as well Firefox and Google Chrome on both Windows and Apple Mac.
(5) Further documentation on how to register and login is available for you to download from the ePhyto Landing page as per the link below.
(6) Documentation on how to use the new application is available for you to download from your home page once you are logged in to the application.
Please find below the link to the new ePhyto application landing page. You will need your activation key to get access beyond the landing page.
Link: ePhyto - Electronic Phytosanitary Certification 
Please complete the following forms to apply to use the ePhyto system
Old Phyto E-cert Application
Note that we are working on a new Manual and Standard for the ePhyto which will be published shortly. In the meantime the Business Rules in the User Manual Ecert Application apply to both systems.
Phyto E-Cert II Project Updates
- 20 July 2011: Phyto E-cert II Update
(27 KB) - 8 July 2011: Phyto E-cert II Update (28 KB)
- 21 June 2011: Phyto E-cert II Update (30 KB)
- June 2011: Transition Guide for Phyto E-Cert II (1433 KB)
- 30 May 2011: Phyto E-cert II Update (35 KB)
- 28 April 2011: Phyto E-cert II Update (27 KB)
- 22 March 2011 Newsletter 4: Update on Phyto Ecert replacement system (22 KB)
- Overview of changes within Phyto E-Cert II (73 KB)
- 19 November 2010 Newsletter 3: Update on Phyto Ecert replacement system (33 KB)
- 10 September 2010 Newsletter 2: Update on Phyto Ecert replacement system (22 KB)
- 6 July 2010 Newsletter 1: Update on Phyto Ecert replacement system (21 KB)
Page last updated: 20 July 2011