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  • Description of the NPPO
Publication Date
24-10-2017
Last Updated
24-10-2017
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Single central authority for Food Safety, Veterinary Sector and Plant Protection operates under the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food. It includes administrative, technical and inspection sectors of plant health, quality and marketing of seeds and plant reproductive material and registration and use of plant protection products.

Diagnostic laboratories that carry out scientific and expert tasks, including testing of pest and plant samples taken by inspectors and public officers of the NPPO are:

  1. Slovenian Agricultural Institute: • detection and determination of plant harmful organisms (phytosanitary reference laboratory: nematology, phytopatology, entomology; laboratory of imaging spectroscopy); • quality control analysis of PPPs and pesticide residue analysis in agricultural products of plant origin and contaminants in soil and agricultural products of plant origin; • certification body (planting material); • quality control of animal feed, honey and plant seed material. • Pest Risk Analysis (PRA), prognostic service, IPM center.

  2. National Institute of Biology (phytosanitary reference laboratory): virology and bacteriology reference laboratory, plant harmful organisms, analysis of GM feed, food and seed; PRA.

  3. Slovenian Institute for Hop Research and Brewing: mycology reference laboratory and certification body (hop planting material), plant harmful organisms; PRA, prognostic service, IPM center.

  4. Biotechnical faculty, Department of agronomy: Harmful organisms (phytosanitary); biological control agents

  5. Regional Agriculture and Forestry institute, Nova Gorica: entomology reference laboratory, plant harmful organisms; PRA, prognostic service, IPM center.

  6. Regional Agriculture and Forestry institute, Maribor: plant harmful organisms; prognostic service, IPM center.

  7. Regional Agriculture and Forestry institute Novo mesto: plant harmful organisms; prognostic service, IPM center.

  8. Slovenian Forestry Institute: forest phytopatology and entomology laboratory, PRA, monitoring and prognostic service. 9. Slovenian Forestry Service: forest monitoring service.

Contact for Info
Administration of the Republic of Slovenia for Food Safety, Veterinary Sector and Plant Protection Dunajska cesta 22 SI-1000 Ljubljana [email protected]
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National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO)
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