addition of prohibited areas and prohibited host of potato spindle tuber viroid pstvd the animal and plant quarantine agency qia has added the prohibited areas and prohibited host of potato spindle tuber viroid pstvd which is based on the results of pest risk analysis pra . the change of the prohibited areas and hosts takes effect from the consignment which is issued phytosanitary certificate from 10 july 2015. products covered seeds for sowing and fresh stems leaves and underground parts of potato tomato avocado sweet potato pepper paprika dahlia eggplant golden berry sunberry pepino solanum muricatum solanum laxum solanum pseudocasicum cestrum noctrunum lycianthes rantonnetii streptosolen jamesonii brugmansia suaveolens. the prohibited areas has added as below america united states of america restricted states kansas maine maryland michigan minnesota mississippi nebraska new hampshire new york north dakota ohio wisconsin wyoming north carolina costa rica argentina chile peru venezuela mexico dominican republic africa egypt nigeria asia afghanistan china restricted areas hebei heilongjjang jiangsu qinghai ningxia hui india restricted areas himachal pradesh maharashtra azerbaijan bangladesh georgia iran israel turkey chinese taipei thailand indonesia japan restricted areas honshu europe belarus germany poland russia the united kingdom restricted areas england wales austria belgium czech republic greece hungary italy malta netherlands slovenia spain ukraine oceania and the pacific new zealand australia restricted area queensland the underlined areas are newly added. import requirements of seeds produced in prohibited areas products covered seeds of tomato solanum lycopersicum avocado persea americana pepper capsicum annuum dahlia dahlia pinnata eggplant solanum melongena golden berry physalis peruviana sunberry solanum nigrum pepino solanum muricatum solanum laxum solanum pseudocasicum cestrum noctrunum lycianthes rantonnetii streptosolen jamesonii brugmansia suaveolens for sowing. import will be permitted on condition of either 1 or 2 1 by certifying that the exported seeds are produced in areas places or production sites free from potato spindle tuber viroid. each consignment must be accompanied by the phytosanitary certificate endorsed with the following additional declaration the seeds are produced from pest free area places or production site by establishing and maintaining the pest free status in accordance with ispm no. 4 or no. 10. 2 by certifying that the export seeds are free from potato spindle tuber viroid through pcr test before export. each consignment must be accompanied by phytosanitary certificate endorsed with the following additional declaration. the seeds were tested by pcr before export and found free from potato spindle tuber viroid. or each consignment should be accompanied by the phytosanitary certificate and a separate pcr test certificate . pcr test results from public testing agencies and labs authorized by the nppo educational organizations commercial testing labs or seed industry labs etc. will be accepted. - if the pcr test certificate is accompanied the copy of authorization of the testing agencies or labs issued by the nppo of an export country and the electrophoresis report of pcr test would be required. attachment pcr test certificate