Add of prohibited host plants

The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA), Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) in the Republic of Korea, has added host plants 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 condition for added host plants associated with Ca. L. solanacearum is mandatory Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing from the 11 exporting countries of celery and celeriac seeds for sowing as below. 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) with phytosanitary certificate, shipped on and after 3 April 2018.Products covered: carrot (Dacus carota) seeds and celery/celeriac (Apium graveolens) seeds for sowingCountries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:North America: United States of America
Europe: Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Israel, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden
Africa: Morocco