About approved facilities
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) approves offshore facilities to undertake some (or all) of the quarantine and testing requirements which otherwise need to be done onshore in post-entry quarantine (PEQ) in New Zealand. This may mean importers can bring plant germplasm into a lower level of PEQ in New Zealand for a shorter period, and usually means importers have access to new plant germplasm more quickly and at lower cost.
MPI-approved offshore facilities will be approved to the revised MPI standard (issued 12 November 2019) for offshore facilities – the 'Standard for Offshore Facilities Holding and Testing Plants for Planting'. This standard replaces the previous standard Accreditation of Offshore Plant Quarantine Facilities and Operators (PIT.OS.TRA.ACPQF) issued in 2001. That standard is obsolete.
Standard for Offshore Facilities Holding and Testing Plants for Planting [PDF, 625 KB]
Requesting accreditation of new facilities
The accreditation of offshore facilities is cost-recovered by MPI and requests are prioritised as part of the yearly work programme. To request the accreditation of a new offshore facility, complete the appropriate request form.
Request for the Accreditation of an Offshore Plant Facility (Nursery stock) [DOC, 407 KB]
Download the nursery stock import health standard [PDF, 3.3 MB]
Learn more about importing nursery stock
Find an approved offshore facility
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Facility |
Status |
Scope of approval |
Audit testing/Verification testing |
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Central Attivita Vivaistiche (CAV), ITALY Contact: |
Approved |
Actinidia plants in vitro |
Extract from two randomly selected cultivars per consignment, to be tested by PCR for Citrus leaf blotch virus [Actinidia-infecting strain] |
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Fragaria plants in vitro and for planting |
Extract from two randomly selected cultivars per consignment, to be tested by PCR for Strawberry marginal chlorosis (‘Candidatus phlomobacter fragariae’), Xylella fastidiosa and phytoplasmas |
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Malus plants for planting (dormant cuttings) |
Extract from two randomly selected cultivars per consignment, to be tested by PCR for phytoplasmas |
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Prunus plants for planting (dormant cuttings) |
Extract from two randomly selected cultivars per consignment, to be tested by PCR for Plum pox virus and Xylella fastidiosa |
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CFIA Centre for Plant Health, CANADA Contact (Malus and Prunus): |
Approved |
Malus dormant budwood |
Extract from two randomly selected cultivars per consignment, to be tested by PCR for phytoplasmas |
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Prunus dormant budwood |
Extract from two randomly selected cultivars per consignment, to be tested by PCR for Plum pox virus |
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Centre Technique Interprofessionnel des Fruits et Legumes (CTIFL),FRANCE Contact: |
Approved |
Malus dormant budwood |
None |
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Prunus dormant budwood |
None |
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Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Contact: |
Approved |
Citrus dormant budwood |
None |
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Science and Advice for Contact: |
Approved |
Solanum tuberosum tissue culture |
To be determined |
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University of California, Foundation Plant Material Service (FPS), USA Contact: |
Accreditation lapsed |
Vitis dormant budwood |
Extract from two randomly selected cultivars per consignment, to be tested by PCR for phytoplasmas |
Publication of register
MPI publishes this information to meet the requirements of section 103 (7)(b) of the Biosecurity Act 1993.
