Capsicum (C. annuum, C. baccatum, C. chinense, C. frutescens, C. pubescens) seeds for sowing ) (ICS Code: 65.020.20)

Draft conditions for import of capsicum seeds for sowing. Language(s): Thai and English. Number of pages: 5 and 5

The Notification G/SPS/N/THA/265 (dated 8 July 2019) which entitled "Draft Conditions for Import of Capsicum Seeds for Sowing" is intended to be replaced with this draft specified as follows:

Draft conditions for import of capsicum seeds for sowing into the Kingdom of Thailand. Capsicum seed lots are required to fulfill one of the following phytosanitary import conditions, or a combination of the two conditions addressing each of the four quarantine pests.

1. Capsicum seeds were produced in a country where Clavibacter michiganensis michiganensis, Tomato brown rugose fruit virus, Columnea latent viroid and Potato spindle tuber viroid are not known to occur, or       

2. Capsicum seeds were officially tested on sample of 3,000 seeds (or at least 10 percent of the lot as a small seed lot) using an appropriate genetic method (e.g. Polymerase Chain Reaction; PCR, Reverse Transcription-PCR; RT-PCR) and found free from Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis, Tomato brown rugose fruit virus, Columnea latent viroid and Potato spindle tuber viroid.