This alert is for an amendment to the seeds for sowing import health standard. The amendment adds emergency measures to effectively manage the risk of Tomato mottle mosaic virus (ToMMV) on the seed for sowing pathway for the hosts Capsicum spp. (pg 39-40) and Solanum lycopersicum (133-135). The import health standard describes import requirements for seeds for sowing imported into New Zealand. MPI's emergency measures to manage ToMMV on the seeds for sowing pathway are: The inclusion of ToMMV as a quarantine pest in the specific requirements for Capsicum and lycopersicum in the seeds for sowing import health standard. The requirement of a phytosanitary certificate additional declaration to certify that the seeds were either: Sourced from a ‘pest free area', free from Tomato mottle mosaic virus; OR Sourced from a ‘pest free place of production', free from Tomato mottle mosaic virus; OR Officially tested, on a representative sample of a minimum of 3000 seeds officially drawn according to the ISTA or AOSA sampling methodology, using an NPPO-approved ELISA or NPPO approved PCR testing method and found free from Tomato mottle mosaic virus.Testing is required to be completed offshore prior to export, or on arrival in New Zealand.

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