Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service Act, 2012 (No. 54 of 2012). Country/Territory Kenya Document type Legislation Date 2012 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Kenya Gazette Supplement No. 218 of 4 January 2013 (Special Issue). Long titleAn Act of Parliament to establish the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service as a regulatory body for the protection of plants, seeds and plant varieties and agricultural produce; to provide that the Service shall be responsible for administering several other written laws and; for matters incidental thereto or connected therewith. Subject Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants Keyword Food quality control/food safety Plant production Agricultural development Institution Plant protection Inspection Planting material/seeds Breeders' rights/farmers' rights Certification International trade Policy/planning Biosafety Intellectual property rights/patents Geographical area Africa, Eastern Africa Abstract This Act establishes the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service as a body corporate, defines its functions and powers and provides with respect to its administration. The Service shall be a successor to the body known as the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service existing immediately before the commencement of this Act, and subject to this Act, all rights and obligations of that body existing at the commencement of this Act shall be automatically and fully transferred to the Service. The functions of the Service shall include: (a) to regulate matters relating to plant protection, seeds and plant varieties; (b) to administer and enforce sanitary and phytosanitary measures; (c) to support the administration and enforcement of food safety measures; (d) establish service laboratories to monitor the, quality and levels of toxic residues in agro-inputs, irrigation water, plants, soils and produce; (e) to be the principal advisor to the Government on issues relating to seeds and planting material; (f) to implement plant variety protection in Kenya, administer plant breeders' rights and maintain the Plant Breeders' Rights Register; (g) to undertake plant variety testing and description, seed certification and plant quarantine control; (h) to undertake inspection and grading of plants and plant produce at the ports of entry and exit; (i) to develop and implement standards for seed and plant materials; (j) to implement and enforce national biosafety regulations on the introduction and use of genetically or living modified species of plants, insects and micro-organisms, plant products and other related species; (k) to regulate import and export of plants and plant materials. Full text English Website www.kenyalaw.org References - Legislation Repeals Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service Order, 1996 (L.N. No. 305 of 1996). Legislation | Kenya | 1996 Keyword: Plant protection, Breeders' rights/farmers' rights, Planting material/seeds, Registration, Institution, Certification, Inspection, Plant production, Intellectual property rights/patents Source: FAO, FAOLEX