Guidance

Non - EU countries with AIS status for imports of fruit and vegetables to Great Britain

Updated 28 June 2023

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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India

Official authority and Inspection body

Contact the Defra Horticulture team by emailing: defrahorticulture@gov.uk

Israel

Official authority and Inspection body

Contact the Defra Horticulture team by emailing: defrahorticulture@gov.uk

Kenya

Official authority

Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS)
PO BOX 49592-00100
Nairobi
Email 1: director@kephis.org
Email 2: kephisinfo@kephis.org

Inspection body

Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS)
PO BOX 49592-00100
Nairobi
Email 1: director@kephis.org
Email 2: kephisinfo@kephis.org

New Zealand

Official authority

Ministry for Primary Industries
Pastoral House
25 The Terrace
PO Box 2526, Wellington 6140
Email: plantexports@mpi.govt.nz

Inspection body

Ministry for Primary Industries
Pastoral House
25 The Terrace
PO Box 2526, Wellington 6140
Email: plantexports@mpi.govt.nz
Email 2: eileen.nowland-walker@mpi.govt.nz
Email 3: rochelle.ferguson@mfat.govt.nz

Senegal

Official authority

Abdoulaye Ndiaye - Chef de Division Législation phytosanitaire
Ministère de l’Agriculture et de l’Equipement Rural
Direction de la Protection des Végétaux
Division législation et quarantaine des plantes
BP 20054 Thiaroye Dakar
Email 1: layedpv@gmail.com
Email 2: dpv1@orange.sn

Inspection body

Abdoulaye Ndiaye - Chef de Division Législation phytosanitaire Ministère de l’Agriculture et de l’Equipement Rural
Direction de la Protection des Végétaux Division législation et quarantaine des plantes
BP 20054 Thiaroye Dakar
Email 1: layedpv@gmail.com
Email 2: dpv1@orange.sn

South Africa

Official authority

Billy Malose Makhafola
Director: Food Safety and Quality Assurance
Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Private Bag X343, Pretoria
Mobile telephone number: 072198 9278
Telephone number: (012) 319 7306
Telefax: (012) 319 6505
Email: BillyM@Dalrrd.gov.za

Inspection body

Mr. Lucien Jansen
Chief Executive Officer
Perishable Products Export Control Board (PPECB)
45 Silwerboom Avenue
Plattekloof
Cape Town
7560, South Africa
Telephone: +27 21 – 930 1134
Email: Lucienj@ppecb.com

Switzerland

Official authority

Département fédéral de l’économie, de la formation et de la recherche (DFER)
Office fédéral de l’agriculture (OFAG)
Schwarzenburgstr. 165,
CH-3003, Berne
Telephone: +41 58 462 25 11

Inspection body

Olaf Apelt
Geschäftsführer/Directeur
Qualiservice GmbH
Postfach
Belpstrasse 26
CH-3001, Berne
Email: Olaf.Apelt@qualiservice.ch

Turkey

Official authority

Halil İbrahim ŞENER
Head of Department
Director General of Product Safety and Inspection
Ministry of Trade
Söğütözü Mah. 21706. Sok. No:63
06530 Çankaya
Ankara ,Türkiye
Email: senerh@ticaret.gov.tr

Inspection body

Halil İbrahim ŞENER
Head of Department
Director General of Product Safety and Inspection
Ministry of Trade
Söğütözü Mah. 21706. Sok. No:63
06530 Çankaya
Ankara, Türkiye
Email: senerh@ticaret.gov.tr