Published on 7 May 2025

Certification of seed and plant propagating material

Plant propagating material undergoes testing and authorisation in a two-stage system: first, registration of the plant variety, followed by certification of seed and propagating material. The Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG) coordinates this authorisation procedure, working with selected offices from the Agroscope Research Station to form the Swiss Federal Service for Seed and Propagating Material (SFSP).