Contributed resources

Contributed resources (External resources)

Contributed resources are phytosanitary technical resources that were developed by National Plant Protection Organizations (NPPOs), Regional Plant Protection Organizations (RPPOs) and other organizations for their own use and which are shared with the entire IPPC community.

Disclaimer: Resources on this page are not intended to be interpretations of ISPMs and terminology used may not be consistent with ISPM 5. Unless otherwise indicated resources, or pest distributions contained within them are not endorsed/adopted/agreed by the CPM nor developed under the auspices of the IPPC Secretariat, and are the exclusive responsibility of the author of the contributed phytosanitary resource.

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Treatment: Official procedure for the killing, inactivation or removal of pests, or for rendering pests infertile or for devitalization (ISPM5 Glossary of phytosanitary terms)

Treatment schedule: The critical parameters of a treatment which need to be met to achieve the intended outcome (i.e. the killing, inactivation or removal of pests, or rendering pests infertile, or devitalization) at a stated efficacy (ISPM5 Glossary of phytosanitary terms)

Fumigation: Treatment with a chemical agent that reaches the commodity wholly or primarily in a gaseous state (ISPM5 Glossary of phytosanitary terms)

Heat treatment: The process in which a commodity is heated until it reaches a minimum temperature for a minimum period of time according to an official technical specification (ISPM5 Glossary of phytosanitary terms)

Irradiation: Treatment with any type of ionizing radiation (ISPM5 Glossary of phytosanitary terms)

International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs) of particular relevance to Phytosanitary Treatments

Available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish

Unofficial translations are also available: ISPM15 in Korean, ISPM18 in Portuguese and Vietnamese

NOTE: The Technical Panel on Phytosanitary Treatments (TPPT) evaluates phytosanitary treatment data submissions from NPPOs and RPPOs and reviews, revises and prepares drafts of phytosanitary treatments, annexes to ISPM 28.