Plant Health Legislation

Buyegi George

Introduction

• Plant health legislations are body of rules, laws and regulations that are enacted to protect plants against pathogens, weeds and insect

pests• These legislations are mainly to keep the plants

healthy

Importance • Prevents the introduction and spread of harmful organisms, to ensure sustainable plant protection• Control the importation and use of plant protection substances • Regulate export and imports of plants and plant products• They regulate the detection and identification, prevention and control or suppression of any harmful organisms to plants.

Importation and Exportation

• Plant health legislation has set out laws, rules and regulations that regulate the importation and exportation of plants, plant products and

controlling substances such as pesticides.

Export and Import Points of Entry

• The Plant Protection Regulations of 1998, section 12(1) and The Plant Protection Act of 1997 section 14(a) explains on the points of entry. • Plants, plant products and plant protection substances exported or imported in the mainland of Tanzania shall be confined to entry points such as airports, harbour and overland border entry points.

Export and Import Conditions

• The Plant Protection Act of 1997 entails on the terms and conditions such as the plant license, certificates, passports and inspection at arrival

that are to be followed so that Plants, plant products and plant protection substances can

be imported to Tanzania.

Importation of Pesticides

• The plant protection act of 1997 section 18 explains on the importation of pesticides in Tanzania, that people importing pesticides

should have permits and paying cess of 0.5% of the fob value of the pesticide to be imported

Importation of Soil• Soils are important in ensuring plant health• There are regulations and acts that adhere to protection of plants by ensuring that the soils to be imported into Tanzania are free from any organisms that may cause threat to native plants.• The Plant Protection Act, 1997 and The Plant Protection Regulations, 1998 explains on the importation and inspection upon arrival of the soils in Tanzania.

•No person may import a registered pesticide unless he is permitted in writing by the

registrant of that pesticide and the said permit is cleared by the registrar (the plant protection

regulations, 1998 section 31(1)).

Licensing and Certification

Plant Quarantine

• Is an official confinement of plants and plant products, harmful organisms to plants,

beneficial organisms, goods or soil being imported into or exported from, Tanzania, subject to phytosanitary regulations, for observation and research or for further

inspection and/or testing (plant protection act, 1997).

Plant Quarantine

• The plant protection regulations of 1998, explains that, plants, plant products and plant protection substances are to follow the plant quarantine procedures before they are imported to Tanzania. • In the quarantine stations inspection, detention, treatment, reconsignment or destruction of plants, plant products and plant protection substances is done

Conclusion • Plant health legislation are of great importance as they ensure that plants are not affected by any harmful organisms. • They restrict importation and exportation of plants, plant products and controlling substances that may cause harm to native plants. • Plants are confined to quarantines, until they are proven secure is when they are allowed to be used in Tanzania.

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