Pattock provided the UN template for phytos. If we are suggesting that the BCSS should lobby the government to contravene this set of principles and guidelines I would like to see a good argument made for that, not least to save the Society for bringing itself into disrepute.MatDz wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 7:54 pm
But why would the imports be blocked if the PCs & etc. are no longer needed? If they are able to fulfill all the paperwork now, it can only be easier if we try to do something about it. The USA was able to help the hobbyists by introducing low volume allowances mentioned earlier, why the other "acronym country" couldn't?
Regarding the US small seed import system, (you can import up to 50 packets of seed, 50 seeds max per packet) it seems to be not so simple = one site says
"The new procedure will therefore be as follows:
(a) The importer (in the US) will obtain a Small Lots of Seed Permit;
(b) The importer will send a copy of the Permit, plus a special label addressed to an Inspection Station in the US, plus a self-addressed label, to the exporter (outside the US), whether it is a company, a society or an individual;
(c) The exporter (outside the US) will send the seeds, packed and labelled as required, to the Inspection Station, using the label supplied, together with the copy of the Permit, a list of the seeds enclosed, and the label addressed to the importer (in the US);
(d) The seeds will be checked at the Inspection Station and forwarded to the intended recipient."
Can you see the UK government being persuaded to set up a new system like this, with all its bureaucratic entanglement?
http://theseedsite.co.uk/aphis.html