Further information related to special requirements needed for imports in to GB now include some further clarifications. The attached special requirements will apply with immediate effect.
This effects imports of:
- Commodities subject to PCN requirements
- Tubers of Solanum tuberosum L.
- Plants of herbaceous species for planting, other than bulbs, corms, plants of the family Gramineae, rhizomes, seeds, tubers – Liriomyza spp
- Plants of Castanea and Qeuercus - Cronartium spp.
- Plants of Malus – Candidatus Phytoplasma mali
- Plants of Prunus – Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni
- Wood of Pinus and Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco, other than in the form of chips, particles, sawdust, shavings, wood waste and scrap, and isolated bark
- Wood of conifers (Pinales) in the form of chips, particles, sawdust, shavings, wood waste and scrap, and isolated bark
Wood of Anoplophora glabripennis hosts - Wood and isolated bark of conifers (Pinales)
- Vegetable seed – tomatoes
- Plants of Malus and Prunus – Tomato ringspot virus
For more information, visit www.planthealthportal.defra.gov.uk.