Workshop Series: Fusarium TR4 Diagnostic, Surveillance, Inspection and Simulation Exercises

Posted on Tue, 08 Mar 2022, 15:50

Join the IPPC Virtual Workshop Series on Fusarium TR4 Diagnostic, Surveillance, Inspection and Simulation Exercises

Today’s global banana production is seriously threatened by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp cubense Tropical race 4 (TR4). Introduction and spread of this pest should …

IPPC Webinar: How to Strengthen National Legislation to Support Electronic Phytosanitary Certification in COMESA countries

Posted on Tue, 08 Mar 2022, 15:36

The webinar will be held on:

Thursday, 24 March 2022, 15:00-17:00 (CET) Register here

An increasing number of countries have transitioned their phytosanitary certification system to an electronic documentation environment (ePhyto) or a hybrid environment where paper certificates and ePhyto …

Announcements of the Implementation and Capacity Development activities

Posted on Thu, 24 Feb 2022, 16:10

The 16th meeting report of the Implementation and Capacity Development Committee (IC) is available on the IPP at the following link: https://www.ippc.int/en/publications/90568/

The ninth meeting minutes of the Working Group to develop a Guide to support implementation of ISPM 15 …

Language Review Group (LRG) versions of CPM-15 (2021) adopted standards are now posted in Arabic (Ar), Chinese (Zh), Russian (Ru) and Spanish (Es)

Posted on Mon, 14 Feb 2022, 12:52

Have a look at: https://www.ippc.int/en/core-activities/standards-setting/ispms/ and you will find all reviewed documents, as follows:

ISPMs:

1. ISPM 5 - Glossary of phytosanitary terms;
2. ISPM 8 - Determination of pest status in an area;
3. ISPM 44 - Requirements for the …

Fall armyworm detected in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Posted on Fri, 04 Feb 2022, 07:55

The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has officially announced the first finding of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) in maize plants. First reported in 27 October 2021, a low infestation rate was detected in …

CPM Bureau December meeting report now posted

Posted on Thu, 27 Jan 2022, 07:24

The December Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) Bureau meeting report is published at this location:

https://www.ippc.int/en/core-activities/governance/bureau/

IPPC Contracting Parties are invited to respond to an OECD survey on “approval procedures” by with the aim to identify positive experiences - deadline 01 February 2022.

Posted on Fri, 14 Jan 2022, 12:45

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) via the SPS Committee would like to invite you to respond to a survey on country administration of control, inspection and approval procedure systems (hereafter referred to as “approval procedures”). This survey …

The report from the Expert Working Group on Annex to ISPM 38: Design and use of systems approaches for phytosanitary certification of seeds is now available on the IPP!

Posted on Thu, 06 Jan 2022, 14:58

The report of the Expert Working Group on the Annex to ISPM 38: Design and use of systems approaches for phytosanitary certification of seeds that was held in October 2021 is now available on the IPP at the following link: …

Draft diagnostic protocol for ‘Candidatus Liberibacter’ spp. on Citrus spp. is under DP notification period

Posted on Wed, 05 Jan 2022, 11:53

The Standard Committee (SC) approved the following draft diagnostic protocol (DP) for the DP notification period: 'Candidatus Liberibacter’ spp. on Citrus spp. (2004-010).

Contracting parties have 45 days to review the approved DP and submit an objection, if any, …

The report of the SC November 2021 virtual meeting is now available on the IPP!

Posted on Tue, 28 Dec 2021, 07:46

The report of the SC virtual meeting held on 15-19 November 2021 is now posted and available here:

https://www.ippc.int/en/publications/90567/

The TFT December 2021 virtual meeting report is now available on the IPP!

Posted on Thu, 23 Dec 2021, 13:59

The report of the Task Force on Topics virtual meeting held on 16 December 2021 is now posted and available here:

https://www.ippc.int/en/publications/90554/

CPM-16 (2022)

Posted on Wed, 22 Dec 2021, 09:04

The IPPC Secretariat is happy to announce that the IPPC Contracting Parties have voted in favour of holding the CPM-16 (2022) virtually on 5, 7 and 21 April 2022.

Invitation letters and more information will be sent in due course. …

Announcements of the Implementation and Capacity Development activities

Posted on Tue, 21 Dec 2021, 17:45

The following meeting minutes of the Working Group to develop the e-Commerce Guide (2017-039) are available on the IPP

• Minutes of the eighth meeting: https://www.ippc.int/en/publications/90443/
• Minutes of the ninth meeting: https://www.ippc.int/en/publications/90550/

The eighth meeting minutes of the Working Group to …

The report of the TPDP November 2021 virtual focused meeting is now available on the IPP!

Posted on Wed, 15 Dec 2021, 10:54

The report of the TPDP virtual meeting held on 23 November 2021 to revise the draft DP 'Candidatus Liberibacter' on Citrus spp. (2004-010) is now posted and available here: https://www.ippc.int/en/publications/90547/