Add of prohibited areas of Zebra chip disease

The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA), Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) in the Republic of Korea, has added prohibited areas of Zebra chip disease "Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum (Ca. L. solanacearum)", one of the prohibited quarantine pests of the Republic of Korea, which is based on the result of Pest Risk Analysis (PRA).

The import of the host plants from the prohibited areas will be prohibited from the consignment with Phytosanitary Certificate, shipped on and after 4 December 2020. The information of prohibited areas and host plants about Ca. L. solanacearum is detailed in attachment 1.

[Import requirements of seed produced in prohibited areas]Products covered: Seeds of carrot (Daucus carota), celery/celeriac (Apium graveolens) and parsley (Petroselinum crispum) for sowingThe import condition of the relevant seeds is mandatory Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing to approve freedom of the pathogen.
The PCR test should be done by the NPPO or public testing agencies approved by the NPPO in accordance with ISPM 27 (DP 21) or Munyaneza et. al (2012).- If the PCR test is carried out by the NPPO, a Phytosanitary Certificate with the additional declaration that "The seeds were tested by PCR before export and found free from Zebra Chip disease." should be issued.Or- If the PCR test is carried out by public testing agencies, the PCR Inspection Certification (attachment 2) should be issued.
(In case of the PCR Inspection Certificate is accompanied, the copy of authorization of the testing agencies issued by the NPPO of an export country should be attached.)[Attachment 1] List of plants that are not authorized for importation into Korea.
[Attachment 2] 'PCR Inspection Certificate' issued by public testing agencies.