Offshore Quarantine Facilities

High value crops can be imported into New Zealand from MAF accredited (registered) off-shore facilities under predetermined conditions, with a reduced PEQ requirement following arrival in New Zealand, in accordance with the import health standard 155.02.06: Importation of Nursery Stock. Overseas facilities must be accredited by MAF according to the standard PIT.OS.TRA.ACPQF: Accreditation of Offshore Plant Quarantine Facilities and Operators.

Further information on the import requirements for nursery stock may be found at:

The following facilities are currently accredited for this purpose.

List updated 14 November 2011.

Offshore Accredited Facility

Genus

Status

AQIS Post Entry Quarantine Facility
Knoxfield, Victoria, Australia
http://www.daff.gov.au/aqis (offsite link to www.daff.gov.au)

Contact: Kimberley Thomas

Prunus

Official Agreement

Audit Testing Required:
No audit testing required.

Central Attivita Vivaistiche (CAV), Faenza, Italy
http://www.cavtebano.it (offsite link to www.cavtebano.it)

Contact: Dr Roberto Savini

Malus

Official Agreement

Audit Testing Required:
Phytoplasmas [for each permit, samples from 10 randomly selected plants, bulked together to form 5 samples by PCR]

Pyrus

Official Agreement

Audit Testing Required:
Phytoplasmas [for each permit, samples from 10 randomly selected plants, bulked together to form 5 samples by PCR].

Centre TechniqueIinterprofessionnel des Fruits et Legumes (CTIFL), FRANCE
http://www.ctifl.fr (offsite link to www.ctifl.fr)

Contact: Pascal Gentit

Malus

Official Agreement

Audit Testing Required:
Phytoplasmas [For each permit samples from 5 randomly selected plants bulked to form one sample]

Prunus

Not approved - agreement under review

Audit Testing Required:
To be confirmed.

Department of Agriculture, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/emai (offsite link to www.agric.nsw.gov.au)

Contact: Dr Nerida Donovan

Citrus

Official Agreement

 

Etablissement National Technique pour l’Amelioration de la Viticulture (ENTAV) FRANCE
http://www.entav.fr (offsite link to www.entav.fr)

Contact: Ms Celine Barbier

Vitis

Official Agreement

Audit Testing Required:
No audit testing required.

Saanichton Plant Quarantine Station Center for Plant Health, Agriculture Canada, Sidney, British Columbia, CANADA
http://www.inspection.gc.ca (offsite link to www.inspection.gc.ca)

Contact: Dan Thompson (Malus & Prunus)
Dr Raymond Johnson (Vitis)

Malus

Official Agreement

Audit Testing Required:
Phytoplasmas [For each permit samples from 5 randomly selected plants bulked to form one sample].

Prunus

Official Agreement

Audit Testing Required:
No audit testing required.

Vitis

Official Agreement

Audit Testing Required:
Phytoplasmas [For each permit samples from 5 randomly selected plants bulked to form one sample].

Scottish Agricultural Science Agency (SASA)
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
http://www.sasa.gov.uk/ (offsite link to www.sasa.gov.uk)

Contact: Dr Colin Jeffries

Solanum tuberosum

Official Agreement

Audit Testing Required:
No audit testing required. No PEQ required.

Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI)
Invergowrie, Scotland, UK
http://www.scri.ac.uk/ (offsite link to www.scri.ac.uk)

Contact: Alison Dolan

Ribes

Official Agreement

Audit Testing Required:
For each permit, samples from 4 randomly selected plants bulked to form two samples and tested by herbaceous indictors using Chenopodium quinoa, Nicotiana clevelandii and Cucumis sativus.

Rubus

Not approved - agreement under review

Audit Testing Required:
To be confirmed.

University of California, Davis, Foundation Plant Material Service (FPS), Davis, USA
http://fpms.ucdavis.edu/ (offsite link to fpms.ucdavis.edu)

Contact: Dr Deborah Golino

Fragaria

Official Agreement

Audit Testing Required:
Strawberry vein banding virus - [for each permit, samples from 10 randomly selected plants, bulked together to form 2 samples by PCR]
AND
Strawberry pallidosis associated virus - [for each permit, samples from 10 randomly selected plants, bulked together to form 2 samples by PCR].

Washington State University, USA
http://www.prosser.wsu.edu/ (offsite link to www.prosser.wsu.edu)

Contact: Dr Bill Howell

Malus (IR-2 Virus Tested Fruit Tree Programme)

Official Agreement

Audit Testing Required:
Phytoplasmas [For each permit samples from 5 randomly selected plants bulked to form one sample].

Prunus (IR-2 Virus Tested Fruit Tree Programme)

Official Agreement

Audit Testing Required:
Plum pox virus [For each permit samples from 5 randomly selected plants tested individually by ELISA]

Page last updated: 14 November 2011