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Phytosanitary

 

U.S./Mexico Organic Seed Workshop presentations

1. North American Organic Industry
2. National Organic Program – Organic Integrity from Farm to Table, Consumers Trust the Organic Label
3. Options for Seeds & Seed Treatments Under the U.S. National Organic Program
4. Organic Production in Mexico – Seed Availability Issues and Their Effect on the Market, Growers, and Certifiers
5. Perspectivas en el Sistema Nacional de Control para los Productos Organicos en Mexico
6. Fuentes de semilla para el Mercado orgánico
7. The Importance of Organic Seed to U.S. Seed Companies, Mexican Growers, and Mexican Export Markets
8. Procedimiento para la importación de semilla botánica para siembra con fines de producción orgánica
9. Regulación Fitosanitaria para la importación de semillas para siembra
10. Organic Seed Treatments
11. Disinfectants – Pros and Cons
12. Research on Efficacy of Organic Seed Treatments – Spinach as a Case Study

 

Brazil publishes Norm 36, a new regulation that establishes general phytosanitary import requirements for seed

1. Brazil Norm 36 (Original)
2. Brazil Norm 36 (Revised)
3. Brazil Revises Import Requirements for Seed, Making It a Feasible Market
4. ASTA submits comments to Brazil’s changes to Normative 36 (July 3, 2012)

 

August 28, 2007: APHIS-PPQ Policy Change on the Re-export of Canadian Produced Seed

PDFs:
1. APHIS-PPQ Policy Change

 

Materials and Presentations from the June 2007 ASTA Phytosanitary Committee Meeting

PowerPoint Presentations and PDFs:
1. Phytosanitary Certificate Issuance and Tracking System (PCIT)
2. Seed Industry “PIPE”
3. APHIS Country Contacts
4. APHIS General Procedures
5. ASTA Phytosanitary Committee

 

March 2007 ASTA-APHIS Workshop

PowerPoint Presentations:
1. Phytosanitary Certificate Issuance and Tracking System (PCIT)
2. Seed Industry “PIPE”
3. Phytosanitary Certification of US Reexports
4. Update: ePermits, etc.

 

APHIS Held Shipment Form

USDA-APHIS has requested that ASTA provide our members this new form to follow when asking APHIS for assistance with held/disrupted seed shipments. Please gather the as much of the outlined information as possible before contacting APHIS. This will help the APHIS staff expedite their response to you.

APHIS Held Shipment Form

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 
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