Mozambique
Mozambique (updated 12 February 2021)
Phytosanitary requirements
Growing crop tolerances
Class tolerances apply.
Tuber tolerances
Minimum tolerances for seed export apply, except for:
Pink rot (Phytophthora megasperma & P. erythroseptica) …… NIL
Other requirements
An import permit may be required.
Additional declarations to be inserted on the reverse of the Phytosanitary Certificate for Seed Potatoes
1. Potato ring rot (Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. sepedonicus), Colorado beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) and Potato spindle tuber viroid are not known to occur in Scotland.
2. Wart disease (Synchytrium endobioticum) is not known to have occurred on the land in which the potatoes were grown.
3. Samples of soil from the field in which the potatoes were grown were drawn and tested by the Scottish Government prior to planting and revealed no trace of Potato cyst nematodes (Globodera rostochiensis and G. pallida).
4. Root knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) have not been recorded in commercial stocks of potatoes grown in Scotland.
5. The potato lots were visually inspected after harvest by official inspectors of the Scottish Government and found free from symptoms of Phytophthora megasperma and Phytophthora erytroseptica.
6. The potato crops were visually inspected at least twice during the growing season by official inspectors of the Scottish Government and found free from the above pests.