2611) NEW DRAFT BIOSECURITY REGULATIONS OUT FOR COMMENT

Public consultation has commenced on new draft regulations under Australia’s Biosecurity Act 2015.

2612) The IPPC Secretary***s Message on the New Year Greetings for 2018

Dear Colleagues,

2613) Update on the status of Rhagoletis pomonella (apple maggot) in the pest free area in British Columbia

On October 2, 2015, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) reported the detection of a single apple maggot fly (Rhagoletis …

2614) IPPC Recognized as a Biodiversity-Related Convention

The International Plant Protection Convention was recognized as a Biodiversity-related Convention and became the seventh member of the Liaison Group …

2615) The Report of the 2019 Focus Group on Commodity and Pathway Standards meeting is now posted!

The 2019 meeting report of the second Focus Group on Commodity and Pathways Standards is now available at the following …

2616) Commission / Standards Committee (SC) / Technical panels (TPs) / Former Technical Panels / Technical Panel on Pest Free Areas and Systems Approaches for Fruit Flies (TPFF)

This panel was officially disestablished at CPM-13 (2018)

2617) Bactrocera dorsalis (Oriental Fruit Fly): APHIS Establishes a Quarantine in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, California

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

2618) Strengthening of Cooperation between the IPPC and STDF

Mr Jingyuan Xia, the IPPC Secretary, had a meeting with Mr Melvin Spreij, the Secretary of the Standards and Trade …

2619) Points of entry in the Netherlands

All points of entry of the Netherlands can be used for the import of plants or plant products for which …

2620) First record of Tomato leaf miner - Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera:Gelechiidae) in Tanzania

The devastating effect of the insect pest on tomatoes in Ngabobo village, Ngarenanyuki ward (3˚24'38.9" and 36˚39'37.1") King'ori Division. The …