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GSOP: annex 3

Updated 24 April 2024

Annex 3 lists countries requiring laboratory examination of representative samples for freedom from prohibited weed seeds or parasitic plants (not including Orobanche species, which are instead listed in annex 1 if testing is required) and fungal diseases.

Where a pest or disease is listed below as absent in UK, no test will be required as APHA have confirmed country freedom.

Identification of the relevant weed seeds, parasitic plants or fungal diseases listed below in a consignment would probably mean that a phytosanitary certificate could not be issued.

The information below is taken from third countries official websites and other sources. Whilst every effort is made to ensure that information on importing countries’ plant health regulations is accurate, they are not a definitive statement of law. Moreover, additional requirements may be specified by importing countries from time to time, for example by import permit. Details of those countries for which grain has been most commonly exported to and that require import permits for the entry of grain are given at annex 1.

Algeria

Prohibited pests and diseases

Triticum (wheat)

• Tilletia indica M. (absent in UK)

• Tilletia controversa (absent in UK)

• Ustilago tritici
• Barley stripe mosaic hordeivirus

Hordeum vulgare (barley)

• Usilago nuda
• Barley stripe mosaic hordeivirus

Avena sativa (oat)

• Barley stripe mosaic hordeivirus

• Ditylenchus dipsaci

Prohibited weeds and parasitic plants

• Arceuthobium spp.

• Cuscuta spp.

Australia

Exporters are recommended to check the Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system for the latest information.

Bangladesh

Prohibited pests and diseases

Triticum (wheat)

• Tilletia spp.

• Pseudomonas syringe pv. atrofaciens septoria tritici
• Claviceps purpurea
• Ditylenchus dispaci
• Ceratobasidium cereale

• Fusarium culmorum

• Monographella nivalis

• Tyrophagus putrescentiae

• Barley stripe mosaic hordeivirus

• Septoria tritici
• Alternaria triticina
• Heterodera avenae
• Phalaris minor
• weed seeds

Hordeum vulgare (barley)

• Barley stripe mosaic hordeivirus

• Claviceps purpurea
• Ceratobasidium cereale
• Fusarium culmorum
• Monographella nivalis

Avena sativa (oat)

• Ditylenchus dispaci
• Ceratobasidium cereale
• Fusarium culmorum
• Monographella nivalis

Prohibited weeds and parasitic plants

Email PHASTPlantProducts@apha.gov.uk for more details of prohibited weeds and parasitic plants.

Canada

Exporters are recommended to check the Government of Canada Import requirements for the latest information.

China (soil must not exceed 1%)

Prohibited pests and diseases

Triticum (wheat)

• Barley stripe mosaic hordeivirus

• Cephus pygmeus
• Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. Michiganensis
• Mayetioila destructor
• Prostephanus truncatus
• Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides
• Tilletia controversa (absent in UK)
• Tilletia indica (absent in UK)

Hordeum vulgare (barley)

• Barley stripe mosaic hordeivirus

• Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. Michiganensis

• Mayetioila destructor
• Prostephanus truncatus
• Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides

Avena sativa (oat)

• Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. Michiganensis
• Prostephanus truncatus
• Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides

Prohibited weeds and parasitic plants

• Bromus sterilis
• Cardaria draba
• Cirsium arvense

• Emex australis

• Lolium temulentum
• Phalaris paradoxa
• Spergula arvensis
• Taraxacum officinale

• Sorghum almum

• Sorghum halepense
• Cuscuta spp.

Egypt

Prohibited pests and diseases

None

Prohibited weeds and parasitic plants

• Lolium temulentum

• Avena fatua

• Avena sativa

• Avena sterilis

• Convolvulus arvensis

Ghana

Email PHASTPlantProducts@apha.gov.uk for more details of prohibited pests and diseases.

Israel

Prohibited pests and diseases

Triticum (wheat)

• Tilletia indica (absent from UK)

Hordeum vulgare (barley)

None

Avena sativa (oat)

None

Prohibited weeds and parasitic plants

None

Japan

Prohibited pests and diseases

None

Prohibited weeds and parasitic plants

• Cuscuta sp.
• Cassytha sp.
• Loranthaceae
• Pedicularis sp.
• Rafflesia sp.

Email PHASTPlantProducts@apha.gov.uk for more details of prohibited weeds and parasitic plants.

Libya

Prohibited pests and diseases

Ergot

Prohibited weeds and parasitic plants

• Arceuzhobium spp.
• Silene autirrhina
• Agropyron repeuse
• Silene notiflora
• Agrostimma githago
• Solanum carolinense
• Cannabis indica
• Solanum rostatum
• Cannabis sativa
• Rumex crispus

Mauritania

Prohibited pests and diseases

Triticum (wheat)

• Tilletia indica (absent from UK)

Hordeum vulgare (barley)

• Pyricularia oryzae (Wheat blast)

Avena sativa (oat)

None

Prohibited weeds and parasitic plants

• Eichhorinia crassipes
• Pistia spp.

• Salvinia molesta

• Typha australis

Morocco

Prohibited pests and diseases

None

Prohibited weeds and parasitic plants

None

Nigeria

Prohibited pests and diseases

None

Prohibited weeds and parasitic plants

None

Russia

Prohibited pests and diseases

• Tilletia indica (absent in UK)

• Tilletia controcersay (absent in UK)

• Callosobruchus spp.

• Rathayibacter tritici (absent in UK)

Prohibited weeds and parasitic plants

• Acroptilon repens
• Ambrosia artemisiifolia

• Ambrosia psilostachya

• Ambrosia trifida
• Bidens pilosa
• Bidens bipinnata
• Caulophyllum latinas
• Cenchrus longispinus

• Cuscuta spp.

• Euphorbia dentata
• Helianthus californicus
• Helianthus cilliaris
• Ipomoea hederacea

• Ipomoea lacunosa

• Iva axillaris
• Sicyos angulatus
• Solanum carolinense
• Solanum elaeagnifolium

• Solanum rostratum

• Solanum triflorum
• Striga spp.

Sudan

Prohibited pests and diseases

Triticum (wheat)

• Alternaria triticina,
• Tilletia spp. (absent in UK)
• Sclerophthora macrospora,
• Claviceps purpurea,
• Gaeuannomyces graminis,
• Cochliobolus sativus
• Fusarium spp.
• Gaeumannomyces graminis
• Microdochium nivale,
• Mycosphaerella graminicola,
• Pseudocercosporella herpitrichoides,
• Pyrenophora tritici-repentis,
• Rhizoctonia cerealis,
• Ustilaginomycotina clade,
• Erwinia rhapontici,
• Aster yellows phytoplasma,
• Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV),
• Anguina tritici
• Punctodera punctata
• Subanguina spp.

Hordeum vulgare (barley)

None

Avena sativa (oat)

None

Prohibited weeds and parasitic plants

Email PHASTPlantProducts@apha.gov.uk for more details of prohibited weeds and parasitic plants.

Syria

Prohibited pests and diseases

Email PHASTPlantProducts@apha.gov.uk for more details of prohibited pests and diseases.

Prohibited weeds and parasitic plants

• Bellardia spp

• Coronopus didymus
• Solanum carolinense
• Solanum heterodoxum
• Solanum rostratum
• Striga spp.

Taiwan

Prohibited pests and diseases

Triticum (wheat)

• Frankliniella occidentalis

Hordeum vulgare (barley)

• Frankliniella occidentalis

Avena sativa (oat)

None

Prohibited weeds and parasitic plants

Email PHASTPlantProducts@apha.gov.uk for more details of prohibited weeds and parasitic plants.

Thailand

Prohibited pests and diseases

None

Prohibited weeds and parasitic plants

Email PHASTPlantProducts@apha.gov.uk for more details of prohibited weeds and parasitic plants.

Tunisia

Prohibited pests and diseases

None

Prohibited weeds and parasitic plants

• Arceuthobium spp.
• Cuscuta spp.

Turkey

Prohibited pests and diseases

Triticum (wheat)

• Tilletia spp (absent in UK)

Prohibited weeds and parasitic plants

• Arceuthobium spp.
• Eichhornia crassipes

USA

Exporters are recommended to check the USDA aphis manuals for the latest information .

Prohibited pests and diseases

Triticum (wheat)

None

Hordeum vulgare (barley)

None

Avena sativa (oat)

• European corn borer (moth)

Prohibited weeds and parasitic plants

Email PHASTPlantProducts@apha.gov.uk for more details of prohibited weeds and parasitic plants.