Emergency measures to mitigate the risk of introducing Meloidogyne enterolobii

To prevent the introduction of Meloidogyne enterolobii into Japan, the MAFF will require National Plant Protection Organizations (NPPO) of exporting countries to certify that:For Underground parts of the live plants being capable of planting for cultivation of plants listed in item 3: The plants are grown at a place of production or a production site (including a plant growth facility) where M enterolobii has not been known to occur or was known to occur previously but has been eradicated; andThe plants are inspected at the place of production or the production site during the growing season, and the growing medium and the underground parts of the plants are examined by an appropriate nematological test and found to be free from M enterolobii
Therefore, the NPPO of exporting countries will be required to include an additional declaration stating that "Fulfills item 13 of the Annexed Table 2-2 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Plant Protection Act (MAF Ordinance No. 73/1950)