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Notification of Department of Agriculture 
Re: Conditions for Import of Cap sicum Seeds B.E. …. (….) 
 
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 The Department of Agriculture has completed pest risk analysis for commercial importation of capsicum seeds.     By virtue of the provisions of Section 8(2) and Section 10 of the Plant Quarantine Act 
B.E. 2507 (1964) amended by the Plant Qu arantine Act (No.3) B.E. 2551 (2008) The 
Director-General of Department of Agricu lture through the recommendation of the Plant 
Quarantine Committee hereby announces phytosanitary import requirements of capsicum seeds for sowing as follow:   1. This notification shall be called “N otification of Department of Agriculture,             
Re: Conditions for Import of capsicum seeds B.E. …. (….).” 
 
2. This notification shall enter into force sixty days after the date of its proclamation in 
the Government Gazette.   
 
3. Permitted Plant Species 
 
The following species of capsicum seed are permitted to import to the Kingdom of Thailand.   3.1  Capsicum annuum  
3.2  Capsicum baccatum  
3.3  Capsicum chinense  
3.4  Capsicum frutescens   
3.5  Capsicum pubescens  
 
4. Permitted Country  
  
 All countries 
 
5. Quarantine Pests of Concern  
A list of quarantine pests of concern to the Kingdom of Thailand for capsicum seeds is 
given in the Annex . 
 
6. Import Permit  
 
Import permit issued by the Department of Agriculture (DOA) is required.       
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7. Means of Conveyance 
 
Capsicum 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 capsicum seeds must be non-genetically modified organism.  8.2 The shipment must be packed in new, clean packaging  and free of live insects, 
soil, sand, contaminant seeds, other plant materials (including leaf, stem material, 
fruit pulp, pod material) and animal materials (including animal faeces and 
feathers). 
 
8.3 Capsicum seed lots are required to fulf ill one of the following phytosanitary 
import conditions,  or a combination of the two conditions addressing each of 
the four quarantine pests.  
 
8.3.1  Capsicum seeds were produced in a country where Clavibacter 
michiganensis subsp.  michiganensis, Tomato brown rugose fruit virus, 
Columnea latent viroid and Potato spindle tuber viroid  are not known 
to occur. OR 
  
8.3.2  Capsicum 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 (e .g. Polymerase Chain Reaction; PCR, Reverse Transcription-
PCR; RT-PCR) and found free from Clavibacter michiganensis subsp.  
michiganensis,
 Tomato brown rugose fruit virus, Columnea latent viroid 
and Potato spindle tuber viroid.    
 
9. Phytosanitary Certification  
 
9.1 A phytosanitary certificate (PC) issu ed by the National Plant Protection 
Organization from the exporting country is required. The original copy must accompany 
every consignment to the Kingdom of Thailand and bear one the following additional declaration, or a combination of the two d eclarations addressing each of the four 
quarantine pests:  
  “The consignment of capsicum seeds was produced in [country] where Clavibacter 
michiganensis subsp.  michiganensis, Tomato brown rugose fruit virus, Columnea 
latent viroid and Potato spindle tuber viroid  are not known to occur” 
      O R  
 
 “The consignment of capsicum seeds was officially tested using an appropriate genetic method and found free from Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. 
michiganensis,
 Tomato brown rugose fruit virus, Columnea latent viroid and Potato 
spindle tuber viroid. ” 
  
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9.2 If the laboratory tests are performed by the NPPO laboratory, the phytosanitary 
certificate must bear the following additi onal declaration i.e. quantity of seed 
sample taken for testing, testing method and target-pathogen names. 
 9.3 If the laboratory tests are perf ormed by the NPPO-accredited/approved 
laboratory, the phytosanitary certificate mu st bear the additional declaration 
specified in 9.2 as well as name and address of laboratory or laboratory 
certificate number.  
 
10. Import inspection 
  
10.1 When the consignments arrive at the point of  entry in the Ki ngdom of Thailand, 
the import inspection must be conducted af ter confirming the respective documents 
accompanying the consignments concerned. 
 10.2 DOA reserved the right to have the c onsignment re-exported or destroyed at 
the importer’s expenses, if non-complianc e with documentary or phytosanitary 
import requirements is identified. 
 10.3 All consignments must be inspected fo r 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 the Kingdom of 
Thailand. Subsequently, a representative sample must be drawn and submitted a designated laboratory for further anal ysis. The consignment must be held 
under quarantine pending re sults of the analysis. 
 
10.4 If genetically modified capsicum seeds are found, the consignment must be       
re-exported or destroyed at the importer’s expenses. 
 10.5 If Clavibacter michiganensis subsp.  michiganensis, Tomato brown r ugose fruit 
virus, Columnea latent viroid and Potato spindle tuber viroid are found during 
import inspection, the consignment must be re-exported or destroyed at the importer’s expense. 
 
10.6 If quarantine pests of Thaila nd concern as stipulate in the Annex  are found, the 
consignment must be treated with an a ppropriated treatment (if available), re-
exported or destroyed at the importer’s expenses. 
 10.7 If the consignments are frequen tly found to be non-compliance with 
phytosanitary import requirements or other cases, DOA may suspend, terminate or impose additional specific import conditions from a certain country as the Annex  of this notification. 
       
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10.8 If any live organism of potential quarantine concern to Thailand not listed in 
the Annex  is found, the consignment shall be  re-exported, destroyed or treated 
with an appropriated treatment (if ava ilable) at the importer’s expenses. The 
DOA reserved the right to temporary su spension of import from the identified 
pathway until a risk assessment of intercepted organisms is determined. 
  
    Issued on ……………………………………..  
 
                                                              
 Director-General 
                       Department of Agriculture                                         
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Annex  
List of Quarantine Pests of Capsicum seeds 
Attached to the Notification of  Department of Agriculture 
Re: Conditions for Import of Capsicum Seeds B.E. …. (….) 
 
Scientific name Common name 
Insects  
 Order Coleoptera  
  Family Dermestidae  
   Trogoderma granarium khapra beetle 
            Trogoderma sternale trogoderma dermestid beetle 
   Trogoderma variabile grain dermestid 
Pathogens  
    Bacteria  
   Clavibacter michiganensis  subsp. michiganensis  bacterial canker of tomato 
   Pseudomonas cichorii bacterial blight of endive 
   Pseudomonas corrugata pith necrosis of tomato 
   Pseudomonas syringae  pv. syringae  bacterial canker or blast 
   Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci wildfire 
   Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato bacterial speck 
   Pseudomonas viridiflava bacterial leaf blight of tomato 
   Rhodococcus fascians fasciation: leafy gall 
    Fungi  
   Chalara elegans black root rot 
   Didymella lycopersici canker of tomato 
   Peronospora hyoscyami  f.sp. tabacina  blue mould of tobacco 
   Phytophthora boehmeriae ramie leaf spot 
   Verticillium albo-atrum verticillium wilt of lucerne 
 Virus  
   Alfalfa mosaic virus alfalfa yellow spot 
   Tobacco rattle virus spraing of potato 
   Tobacco ringspot virus  
   Tobacco streak virus tobacco streak 
   Tomato black ring virus ring spot of beet 
              Tomato brown rugose fruit virus  
   Tomato bushy stunt virus Lycopersicon virus 4 
   Tomato mosaic virus tomato mosaic 
   Tomato ringspot virus ringspot of tomato 
   Tomato torrado virus torrado disease 
   Viroid  
   Columnea latent viroid  
   Potato spindle tuber viroid spindle tuber of potato