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Notification of Department of Agriculture  
Re: Conditions for Import of Eggplant  Seed s B.E. …. (….)  
 
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 The Department of Agriculture has completed pest risk analysis for commercial 
importation of  eggplant  seeds.   
 
 By v irtue of the provisions of Section 8(2) and Section 10 of the Plant Quarantine Act 
B.E. 2507 (1964) amended by the Plant Quarantine Act (No.3) B.E. 2551 (2008) . The 
Director -General of Department of Agriculture through the recommendation of the Plant 
Quara ntine Committee hereby announces  phytosanitary import requirements of  eggplant  
seeds for sowing  as follow:  
 
1. This notification shall be called “Notification of Department of Agriculture,             
Re: Condi tions for Import of Eggplant  Seed s B.E. …. (… .).” 
 
2. This notification shall enter into force sixty  days after the date of its proclamation in 
the Government Gazette.    
 
3. Permitted Plant S pecies  
 
 Eggplant  (Solanum melongena ) seeds 
 
4. Permitted C ountry  
  
 All countries  
 
5. Quarantine P ests of Concern  
 
A list of quarantine pests of concern to the Kingdom of Thailand for  eggplant  seeds is 
given in the Attachment . 
 
6. Import P ermit  
 
Import permit issued by Department of Agriculture (D OA) is required.   
 
7. Means of C onveyance  
 
Eggplant  seeds must  be imported from a  port in any country  to a port in the Kingdom 
of Thailand  by air cargo or sea cargo  or land cargo.  
 
8. Requirements for Importation   
 
8.1 Eggplant  seeds must be  non-genetically modified organism . 
  
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8.2 The shipment must be packed in  new, clean packaging  and free of live insects, 
soil, sand, contaminant seeds, other plant material s (including leaf, stem 
material, fruit pulp, pod material) and animal material s (including animal 
faeces and feathers).  
 
8.3 Eggplant  seed lots are required to fulfil l at least one of the following 
phytosanitary import conditions.  
 
8.3.1 Eggplant  seeds  were produced  in a pest free area  or pest free  place  of 
production or pest free production site  for Clavibacter michiganensis 
subsp.  michiganensis, Pepino mosaic virus, Potato spindle tuber 
viroid and Columnea latent viroid  in accordance with relevant 
International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM s). Or 
 
8.3.2 Eggplant  seeds  were officially tested on sample of 3,000 seeds (or at least 10 
percent of the lot as a small seed lot ) using an appropriate genetic method  
and found free from Clavibacter michiganensis subsp.  michiganensis, 
Pepino mosaic virus, Potato spindle tuber viroid and Columnea latent 
viroid .   
 
8.4 If the consignment of eggplant seeds is subjected to  laboratory tests for plant 
diseases specified in 8.3.2, the testing shall be performed by NPPO -operated or 
NPPO -accredited/approved laboratories. The test report shall include the 
following information i.e. quantity of seed sample taken for testing, testi ng 
method, target pathogens and name and address of the testing laboratory. The 
original copy of test report must accompany with the phytosanitary certificate.  
 
9. Phytosanitary Certification  
 
9.1 A phytosanitary c ertificat e (PC) issued by the National Pl ant Protection 
(NPPO) from the exporting country  is require d. The original copy  must 
accompany every con signment to the Kingdom of Thailand and bear the 
following additional declaration:   
 
 “The consignment of eggplant seeds w as produced in a pest free are a or pest 
free place of production or pest free production site for Clavibacter 
michiganensis  subsp. michiganensis , Pepino mosaic virus , Potato spindle 
tuber viroid  and Columnea latent viroid .”       
 
  OR 
 
“The consignment of eggplant seeds was officially  tested, on sample of 3,000 
seeds  (or at least 10 percent of the lot as a small seed lot ) using an appropriate 
genetic method and found free from Clavibacter michiganensis  subsp. 
michiganensis , Pepino mosaic virus , Potato spindle tuber viroid  and Columnea 
latent viroid .”  
  
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9.2 The original copy of test report specified in 8.4 must accompany with the 
phytosanitary certificate.  
 
10. Import inspection  
  
10.1 When the consignments  arrive at the point of entry in the Kingdom of 
Thailand, the import inspection mu st be conducted after confirming the 
respective documents accompanying the consignments concerned.  
 
10.2 DOA reserved the right to have the consignment re -exported or destroyed at 
the importer’s expenses, if non -compliance with documentary or phytosanitary  
import requirements is identified.  
 
10.3 All consignments must be ins pected for the presence of live insects/snails, 
disease symptoms and contamination (contaminant seed, soil particles and 
animal and plant material)  when arrive at the point of entry in t he Kingdom of 
Thailand . Subsequently, a representative sample must be drawn and submitted 
a designated laboratory for further analysis. The consignment must be held 
under quarantine pending results of the analysis.  
 
10.4 In the case of Clavibacter michigan ensis  subsp. michiganensis , Pepino mosaic 
virus , Potato spindle tuber viroid  and Columnea latent viroid  being  found 
during import inspection, the consignment must be re -exported or destroyed at 
the importer’s expense.  
 
10.5 If quarantine pests of Thailand concern as stipulate in the Appendix are found, 
the consignment must be treated with an appropriated treatment (if available), 
re-exported or destroyed at the importer’s expenses.  
 
10.6 If any live organism of potential quarantine concern to Thailand not l isted in  
the Appendix is found, the consignment shall be re -exported, destroyed or  
treated with an appropriated treatment (if available) at the importer’s  expenses. 
The DOA reserved the right to temporary suspension of import  from the 
identified pathway un til a risk assessment of intercepted organisms  is 
determined.  
 
    Issued on ……………………………………..  
                                                              
 Director -General  
                       Department of Agriculture   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
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          Appendix  
 
List of Quarantine Pests of  Eggplant  seeds  
Attached to the Notification of Department of Agriculture  
Re: C onditions for Import of Eggplant  Seeds B.E. …. (….)  
 
Scientific name  Common n ame 
Insect s  
 Order Coleoptera   
  Family  Dermestidae   
            Trog oderma granarium  khapra beetle  
            Trogoderma inclusum  large cabinet beetle  
            Trogoderma sternale  trogoderma dermestid beetle  
            Trogoderma variabile  warehouse beetle  
Pathogens   
    Bacteria   
            Candidatus Liberiba cter solanacearum  zebra chip  
            Clavibacter michiganensis  subsp. michiganensis  bacterial canker of tomato  
    Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus  potato ring rot  
            Pseudomonas cichorii  bacterial blight of endive  
            Pseudomonas corrugata  pith necrosis of tomato  
    Pseudomonas syringae pv. aptata  leaf spot of sugarbeet  
    Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci  wildfire  
            Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato  bacterial speck  
            Pseudomonas viridiflava  bacter ial leaf blight of tomato  
    Fungi   
            Boeremia exigua var. exigua  leaf spot  
    Chalara elegans  black root rot  
            Didymella lycopersici  canker of tomato  
           Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. radicis -lycopersici  Fusarium crown rot  
           Verticillium albo -atrum  verticillium wilt of lucerne  
   Virus   
           Alfalfa mosaic virus  alfalfa yellow spot  
    Broad bean wilt virus  lamium mild mosaic  
    Eggplant mosaic virus  eggplant mosaic  
            Pepino mosaic virus  spraing of potato  
 Tobacco rattle virus   
 Tobacco ringspot virus   
            Tomato black ring virus  ring spot of beet  
            Tomato busy stunt virus  Lycopersicon virus 4  
        Tomato mosaic virus  tomato mosaic  
            Tomato ringspot virus  rings pot of tomato  
  Phytoplansma   
            Candidatus phytoplasma solani  Stolbur phytoplasma  
  Viroid   
            Columnea latent viroid   
            Eggplant latent viroid   
            Potato spindle tuber viroid  spindle tuber of potato   
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