The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoAFW) on May 04, 2026, issued the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) (Fourth Amendment) Order, 2026 to further amend the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003.
The following amendment has been stated:
• The existing entries in column (6) against serial number 7 relating to ‘Fruits for consumption’ of ‘Actinidia chinensis and A. deliciosa (Kiwi)’ from ‘Greece’ will be replaced with the following entries namely:-
(4) (vii) Greece
(5) Free from: a) Aspidiotus nerii (aucuba scale)
b) Botryosphaeria dothidea (canker of almond)
c) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly)
d) Lobesia botrana (grape berry moth)
e) Phytophthora cryptogea (tomato foot rot)
f) Pseudomonas viridiflava (bacterial leaf blight of tomato (USA))
(6) Pre-shipment/ in-transit cold treatment at 00C or below for 13 days or above; 0.550C or below for 14 days or above; 1.10C or below for 18 days or above plus in transit refrigeration (or) Methyl bromide fumigation @ 32 g/m3 for 3 ½ hrs at 210C or above or equivalent thereof. The treatment should be endorsed on Phytosanitary certificate issued at the country of origin/re-export.
It shall come into force on May 04, 2026.
[Notification No. S.O. 2192(E)]
