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Notification of Department of Agriculture  
Re: Conditions for Import of Tomato  Seed s B.E. …. (….)  
 
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 The Department of Agriculture has completed pest risk analysis for commercial 
importation of  tomato seed s.   
 
 By virtu e 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 
Quarantin e Committee hereby announces  phytosanitary import requirements of  tomato  seeds 
for sowing  as follow:  
 
1. This notification shall be called “Notification of Department of Agriculture,             
Re: Condi tions for Import of Tomato  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  
 
 Tomato  (Solanum lycopersicum ) 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 tomato seed s is 
given in the Attachment . 
 
6. Import P ermit  
 
Import permit issued by  Department of Agriculture ( DOA ) is required.   
 
7. Means of C onveyance  
 
Tomato seeds must  be imported fr om 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 Tomato 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 Tomato seed lots are required to fulfill  at least one of the following 
phytosanitary import conditions.  
 
8.3.1 Tomato  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,  Tomato brown rugo se 
fruit virus , Potato spindle tuber viroid , Tomato apical stunt viroid,  
Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid , Tomato planta macho viroid  and 
Columnea latent viroid  in accordance with relevant International 
Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM s). OR   
 
8.3.2 Tomato seeds  were dry heat treated at 80 oC for 72 hours and 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 Tomato 
brown rugose fruit virus,  Potato spindle tuber viroid , Tomato apical stunt 
viroid , Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid , Tomato planta macho viroid  and 
Columnea latent viroid . OR 
 
8.3.3 Tomato seeds  were officially tested on  sample of 3,000 seeds  (or at least 10 
percent of the lot as a sm all seed lot ) using an appropriate genetic method  
and found free from Clavibacter michiganensis  subsp. michiganensis, 
Pepino mosaic virus,  Tomato brown rugose fruit virus,  Potato spindle 
tuber viroid , Tomato apical stunt viroid , Tomato chlorotic dwarf viro id, 
Tomato planta macho viroid  and Columnea latent viroid .   
 
8.4 If the consignment of tomato seeds is subjected to laboratory tests  for plant 
diseases  specified in 8. 3.2 and 8.3.3, the testing shall  be performed by NPPO -
operated or NPPO -accredited/approv ed laboratories. The test report shall 
include the following information i.e. quantity of seed sample taken for testing, 
testing method, target pathogens and name and address of the testing 
laboratory.  The original co py of  test report must accompany with t he 
phytosanitary certificate.  
 
9. Phytosanitary Certification  
 
9.1 A phytosanitary c ertificat e (PC) issued by the National Plant Protection 
Organization  (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 t omato seeds  was produced in a pest free area or  pest 
free place of production or pest free production site for  Clavibacter michiganensis  
subsp. michiganensis, Pep ino mosaic virus,  Tomato brown rugose fruit virus,   
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Potato spindle tuber  viroid,  Tomato  apical stunt viroid,  Tomato chlorotic 
dwarf viroid,  Tomato planta macho  viroid and Columnea latent  viroid  ” 
    
  OR 
 
“The consignment of t omato seeds was dry heat treat ed at 80 oC for 72 hours 
and 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 Tomato brown rugose fruit virus,  Potato  spindle tuber viroid , Tomat o 
apical stunt viroid , Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid , Tomato planta macho 
viroid  and Columnea latent viroid .” 
 
  OR                        
 
“The consignment of t omato seeds  was officially tested,  on sample of 3,000 
seeds ( or at least 10 percent of the lot a s a small seed lot ) using an appropriate 
genetic method and found free from Clavibacter michiganensis  subsp. 
michiganensis,  Pepino mosaic virus,  Tomato brown rugose fruit virus,  
Potato spindle tuber viroid , Tomato apical stunt viroid , Tomato  chlorotic 
dwar f viroid , Tomato planta macho viroid  and Columnea latent viroid .” 
 
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 must 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 the 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 an alysis.  
 
10.4 In the case of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis, Pepino  mosaic 
virus, Tomato brown rugose fruit virus,  Potato spindle tuber viroid, Tomato 
apical stunt viroid, Tomatochlorotic dwarf viroid, Tomato planta macho viroid  
and Columne a latent viroid being  found during import inspection, the 
consignment must be re -exported or destroyed at the importer’s expense.  
  
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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 listed 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 until 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  Tomato seeds  
Attached to the Notification of D epartment of Agriculture  
Re: C onditions for Import of Tomato S eeds B.E. …. (….)  
 
Scientific name  Common n ame 
Insect s  
 Order Coleoptera   
  Family Dermestidae   
              Trogoderma granarium  khapra beetle  
   Trogoderma variabile   grain dermestid  
Pathogens   
    Bacteria   
            Clavibacter michiganensis  subsp. michiganensis  bacterial canker of tomato  
            Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum  zebra chip  
            Pseudomonas corrugata  pith necrosis of tomato  
            Pseudomonas  syringae pv. tomato  bacterial speck  
            Pseudomonas viridiflava  bacterial leaf blight of tomato  
    Fungi   
            Didymella lycopersici  canker of tomato  
            Fusarium oxysporum f. sp.  lycopersici race 3   
            Fusarium oxysp orum f.sp. radicis -lycopersici  Fusarium crown rot  
            Verticillium albo -atrum  verticillium wilt of lucerne  
 Virus   
            Alfalfa mosaic virus  alfalfa yellow spot  
            Arabis mosaic virus  hop bare -bine 
            Pelargonium zonat e spot virus    
            Pepino mosaic virus   
            Tomato black ring  virus  ring spot of beet  
            Tomato brown rugose fruit virus   
            Tomato busy stunt virus  Lycopersicon virus 4 
            Tomato mosaic virus  tomato mosaic  
            Tomato mottle mosaic virus   
            Tomato ringspot virus  ringspot of tomato  
            Tobacco streak virus  tobacco streak  
            Tomato torrado virus  torrado disease  
  Phytoplansma   
            Candidatus phytoplasma solani   
   Viroid   
            Columnea latent viroid   
            Potato spindle tuber viroid  spindle tuber of potato  
           Tomato apical stunt viroid   
           Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid   
           Tomato planta macho viroid