G/SPS/N/AUS/345/Add.1  
 
21 March 2017  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Me asures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION OF EMER GENCY MEASURES  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 17 March 2017, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Australia . 
 
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Extension of emergency measures against " Candidatus  Liberibacter solan acearum" to include the 
seeds and tissue cultures of additional apiaceous hosts  
As notified on 21 August 2014 (G/SPS/N/AUS/345), Australia's emergency measures against 
"Candi datus  Liberibacter solanacearum"  require that carrot seed for sowing and carrot a nd celery 
tissue cultures must be subject to testing. Since the introduction of the emergency measures, 
"Candi datus  Liberibacter solanacearum"  has been detected on the seeds of celery/celeriac ( Apium 
graveolens ), parsley ( Petroselinum crispum ) and parsnip (Pastinaca sativa ). The seeds and tissue 
cultures of these species will be subject to the same emergency measures as the seeds of carrot 
and tissue cultures of carrot and celery. The emergency measures against " Candidatus  Liberibacter 
solanacearum " for the  seeds of these additiona l hosts will be effective from 3 April 2017.  
Amended emergency measures for seeds for sowing:  
The emergency measures require that seeds for sowing of Apium graveolens , Daucus carota , 
Pastinaca sativa  and Petroselinum crispum  are te sted for "Candidatus  Liberibacter solanacearum"  
and found free of the bacterium by using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) using a sample size of 
20,000 seeds. Alternatively the seeds of Apium graveolens , Daucus carota , Pastinaca sativa  and 
Petroselinum cris pum may be hot water treated (temperature of  50ºC for at least 20 minutes).  
Small seed lots of Apium graveolens , Daucus carota , Pastinaca sativa  and Petroselinum crispum 
are PCR tested on arrival in Australia using 20 per cent of the seed lot by weight.  
Phytosanitary certification requirements for seeds for sowing:  
Each consignment of Apium graveolens , Daucus carota , Pastinaca sativa  and Petroselinum crispum  
must be accompanied by an official government Phytosanitary Certificate endorsed with one of the 
following additional declarations:  
The consignment of [botanical name (Genus species)] was tested by PCR [insert Laboratory report 
number] on a sample of 20 ,000 seeds and found free from " Candi datus  Liberibacter 
solanacearum" . 
OR 
The consignment of [botanical name (Genus species)] was hot water treated (temperature of 50ºC 
for at least 20 minutes).  
Amended emergency measures for tissue cultures:  
The emergency measures require that tissue cultures of Apium graveolens , Daucus carota , 
Pastinaca sativa  and Petrosel inum crispum are PCR tested for "Candidatus  Liberibacter 
solanacearum"  and found free of the bacterium.  G/SPS/N/AUS/345/Ad d.1 
 
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  This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Modification of content and/or sco pe of previously notified regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of  regulation  
[ ] Change in period of application of measure  
[ ] Other:   
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification Authority, 
[X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if availabl e) of 
other body:  
The Australian SPS Notification Authority  
GPO Box 858  
Canberra ACT 2601  
Australia  
Fax: +(61 2) 6272 3678  
E-mail: sps.contact@agriculture.gov.au  
Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
The Australian SPS Notification Authority  
GPO Box 858  
Canberra ACT 2601  
Australia  
Fax: +(61 2) 6272 3678  
E-mail: sps.contact@agriculture.gov.au  
 
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