YH Collection of Laws for Electronic Access KENYA (8) A seed inspector or seed analyst shall, on annual basis, conduct sampling and re-testing of all seed stored for sale by licensed sellers and shall issue an order to stop sale in respect of seed lots whose germination capacities are below the minimum prescribed standards. (9) Where an order to stop sale under paragraph (8) is issued, the merchant shall retrieve the affected seed lots from all agents, sub-agents and stockists and shall destroy all such seed. Post Control Plots 19.—(1) Seed lots officially sampled and tested under these Regulations shall be grown in post control plots in accordance with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development scheme for cultivar purity standards; and such plots shall be open to examination and assessment by all parties interested in the seed industry. (2) Upon completion of the examination and assessment of post control plots, the Director, an officer authorized by him or his agent shall write a report on the number of off-types, foreign cultivars, diseased plants and other diversions observed in the plots, and shall attempt to determine the sources of the diversions and possible remedies to eradicate such diversions in subsequent seasons. Seed Importation and Exportation 20.—(1) No person shall import seed for sale unless— (a) he is a registered seed merchant; (b) such seed complies with the minimum standards set out in the Fourth Schedule, and has been tested for adaptability in Kenya; (c) he has submitted a notice of intention to import such seed in Form SR 14 in the Sixth Schedule, and has, with the approval of the authorized officer, been issued with a seed import permit in Form SR 15 in the Schedule. (2) The notice under subparagraph 1(c) shall specify the quantity, the species and the cultivar of the intended import. (3) Any seed imported under this regulation shall not be sold unless its quality has been examined, tested and post controlled, and the importer has given a unique seed lot number to the consignment. (4) The marketing of imported seed shall be subject to the provisions of regulation 16 of these Regulations. (5) All imported seed shall be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate and an international orange certificate of the International Seed Testing Association, and shall meet Kenyan quarantine requirements as set out in the Plant Protection Act. Cap. 324 KE011EN Plant Variety, Regulations (Ch. 326), 01/01/1975 (1991) page 13/53