The List of Authorised Distance Plant Sellers (LADPS)

The List of Authorised Distance Plant Sellers (LADPS)

3 Jan 2025

The introduction of new Smarter Rules for Safer Food regulations in December 2019 brought the plant internet and mail order trade into the Plant Passporting (PP) scheme.

Since then, APHA has added over 1100 businesses to those authorised to issue Plant Passports. However, monitoring and regulating the internet for plant sales requires huge effort and must be fair to all traders.

The LADPS will become a publicly available list of all businesses that are authorised to issue plant passports for plants sold by distance contract. It is expected that in time it will encourage unauthorised traders to apply to be authorised to issue plant passports and so reduce the risk to GB’s plant health biosecurity.

If you are authorised to issue plant passports and would like your company to be on the list, please use the guidance on GOV.UK at:

Join the list of authorised distance plant sellers - GOV.UK