Accreditation Standards for Laboratory Seed Health Testing and Seed Crop Phytosanitary Inspection

We are amending the export certification regulations to provide specific standards under which non-government facilities may be accredited to perform laboratory seed testing and seed crop field inspection services to serve as the basis for the issuance of a Federal phytosanitary certificate, export certificate for processed plant products, or phytosanitary certificate for reexport. The accreditation standards for these laboratory testing and field inspection services were developed to provide the basis for non-government facilities to become accredited to perform the testing or inspection services that may be used as supporting documentation for the issuance of certificates for certain plants or plant products.