131) APHIS Expands and Establishes Fruit Fly Quarantines in California (OPR-39)

For full report, please visit the NAPPO Phytosanitary Alert System (https://www.pestalerts.org).

132) Strengthening global phytosanitary measures: CPM-19 side session advances Systems Approaches

Rome, 21 March 2025. At FAO headquarters, the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-19) Side Session on the Systems Approach took …

133) Kuwait's Regulation of Imported food

All regulations regarding import of food to Kuwait. Please note that in Article. 54, number.4 in page 21. It states …

134) Deadline extension: Call for Nominations for CPM Focus Group on Laboratory Diagnostic Networking

The IPPC Secretariat has extended the deadline to 15 August 2025 for the following call:

135) Report of oak wilt (Bretziella fagacearum) in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada (2023) / Signalement du flétrissement du chêne (Bretziella fagacearum) à Niagara Falls,, Ontario, Canada (2023)

In June 2023, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed the presence of oak wilt (Bretziella fagacearum) in association with …

136) Register now: Grow Your Expertise – Webinar on the IPPC Plant Health Campus

The IPPC Secretariat is pleased to announce the upcoming webinar “Grow Your Plant Health Expertise: Discover the IPPC Plant Health …

137) Full implementation of the IPPC ePhyto in Slovenia starting January 1st, 2026

The Slovenian NPPO (Administration for Food Safety, Veterinary Sector, and Plant Protection) would like to inform you about the full …

138) REGULATION ON HEAT TREATMENT AND MARKING OF WOOD PACKAGING MATERIALS

The regulations regarding wood packaging materials are made by you as FAO in international trade. A contract with the short …

139) SPOTLIGHT: Public-private partnership saves South Africa’s fruit industry from the Mediterranean fruit fly

For over a decade, South Africa has used a public-private partnership approach to manage the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata …

140) Q&A with Mr. Gregory Wolff, CPM Chairperson (2023-2025)

The current Chair of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) reached out to the International Plant Protection (IPPC) Secretariat and …