Plant Health Legislation - Reminder for 9th November 2024

From 9 November 2024, the remaining changes will come into force. This includes:

• Listing certain pests, based on preliminary assessments, as provisional quarantine pests.
• Regulating the seed of Solanum sisymbriifolium, known as sticky nightshade, as a known host of the RNQP Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd).
• In addition, seed of all Solanum species will require a Phytosanitary Certificate and checks will increase from 1% to 5% (unless already required at higher levels).

Please see the Q&A document for more information.