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Notification of Department of Agriculture 
Re: Conditions for Import of E ggplant Seeds B.E. …. (….) 
 
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 The Department of Agriculture has completed pest risk analysis for commercial importation of eggplant 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 phytosan itary import requirements of eggplant 
seeds  for sowing as follow:  
 
1. This notification shall be called “N otification of Department of Agriculture,             
Re: Conditions for Import of Eggplant 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 
 
 Eggplant ( Solanum melongena ) seeds 
 
4. Permitted Country  
  
 All countries 
 
5. Quarantine Pests of Concern  
A list of quarantine pests of concern to th e Kingdom of Thailand for eggplant seeds is 
given in the Annex . 
 
6. Import Permit  
 
Import permit issued by Department of  Agriculture (DOA) is required.  
 
7. Means of Conveyance 
 
Eggplant seeds must be imported from a por t 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 pl ant materials (including leaf, stem 
material, fruit pulp, pod material) and animal materials (including animal faeces and feathers). 
 
8.3 Eggplant seed lots are required to fulfill one of the following phytosanitary 
import conditions,  or a combination of the two conditions addressing each of 
the four quarantine pests. 
 
8.3.1  Eggplant seeds were produced in a country where Clavibacter 
michiganensis subsp.  michiganensis, Pepino mosaic virus, Potato 
spindle tuber viroid and Columnea latent viroid  are not known to 
occur.  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 
(e.g. Polymerase Chain Reaction; PCR,  Reverse Transcription-PCR; RT-
PCR) and found free from Clavibacter michiganensis subsp.  
michiganensis, Pepino mosaic virus, Potato spindle tuber viroid and 
Columnea latent viroid .    
 
9. Phytosanitary Certification  
 
9.1 A phytosanitary certificate (PC) issu ed by the National Plant Protection 
(NPPO) 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 co mbination of the two declarations 
addressing each of the four quarantine pests:  
 
  “The consignment of eggplant seeds was produced in [country] where Clavibacter 
michiganensis  subsp. michiganensis , Pepino mosaic virus , Potato spindle 
tuber viroid  and Columnea latent viroid  are not known to occur” 
  
  O R   
“The consignment of eggplant seeds was o fficially tested using an appropriate 
genetic method and found free from Clavibacter michiganensis  subsp. 
michiganensis , Pepino mosaic virus , Potato spindle tuber viroid  and Columnea 
latent viroid .”  
 
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.  
   
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10. Import inspection 
  
10.1 When the consignments arrive at the point of entry in the Kingdom of 
Thailand, the import inspection must be conducted after 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 eggplant seeds ar e found, the consignment must be       
re-exported or destroyed at the importer’s expenses. 
 10.5  If Clavibacter michiganensis  subsp. michiganensis , Pepino mosaic virus , 
Potato spindle tuber viroid  and Columnea latent 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. 
 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 Eggplant seeds 
Attached to the Notification of  Department of Agriculture 
Re: Conditions for Import of Eggplant Seeds B.E. …. (….) 
 
Scientific name Common name
Insects 
 Order Coleopter a 
  Family Dermestidae 
            Trogoderma granarium  khapra beetle 
            Trogoderma inclusum large cabinet beetle 
            Trogoderma sternale trogoderma dermestid beetle
            Trogoderma variabile warehouse beetle 
Pathogens 
    Bacteri a 
            Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearu m 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 spec k 
            Pseudomonas viridiflava  bacterial 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  ringspot of tomato 
  Phytoplansma 
            Candidatus phytoplasma solani  Stolbur phytoplasma 
  Viroi d 
            Columnea latent viroid 
            Eggplant latent viroid  
            Potato spindle tuber viroid spindle tuber of potato