# The Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1987, Part VI: CONDITIONS SUBJECT TO WHICH PARTICULAR RAW VEGETABLES MAY BE LANDED


Item
Description of plants
Conditions of landing
(1)
(2)
(3)
74.
Raw vegetables from plants of:—
celery (Apium L.)
beets (Beta L.)
cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, turnip and other related vegetables (Brassica L.)
chicory (Cichorium L.)
carrot (Daucus L.)
lettuce (Lactuca L.)
parsley (Petroselinum L.)
spinach (Spinacia L.) with foliage.
During the period 1 April to 14 October (both dates inclusive):—
(a) the consignment shall be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate and, as appropriate, one or more re-forwarding phytosanitary certificates;
(b) an official statement shall have been made that the vegetables comprising it were either:—
(i) grown under permanent structures of glass or plastic; or
(ii) grown in a region known to be free from Colorado Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata(Say)) since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation; or
(iii) grown in a region in which intensive measures were taken to controlL. decemlineata, at least on:—
potatoes and egg plants (Solanum melongena) grown in the immediate vicinity of the vegetables; and
the vegetables, where potatoes or egg plants were grown as the immediately preceding crop; unless no evidence ofL. decemlineata has been observed on the vegetables during at least two official inspections carried out since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation; and
(c) an official statement shall have been made that the vegetables comprising it have been cleaned, packed and transported in a manner such as to avoid any contamination withL. decemlineata.
75.
Raw vegetables from plants of:—
onion, leek (Allium L.)
celery (Apium L.)
beets (Beta L.)
cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, turnip and other related vegetables (Brassica L.)
carrot (Daucus L.)
lettuce (Lactuca L.)
parsnip (Pastinaca L.)
peas (Pisum L.)
radish (Raphanus L.)
spinach (Spinacia L.) and
beans (Vicia L. andPhaseolus L.).
Where the consignment has been directly consigned to Great Britain from a third country it shall:—
(a) be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate and, as appropriate, one or more re-forwarding phytosanitary certificates;
(b) be free from Corticium Rot (Corticium rolfsii Curzi (syn.Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc.)); and
(c) be free from soil.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1758/schedule/3/part/VI (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-great-britain-order-1987/schedule-3/part-VI
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