271) Now available: Video on Managing e-commerce pest risk

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is pleased to announce the release of a new video entitled Managing e-commerce …

272) Commission / The Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) / CPM Sessions / CPM 19 - 2025

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) extended an invitation to attend the 19th …

273) CPM-17 adopts IPPC Communications Strategy 2023-2030

Rome, 28 March 2023. The Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM), during its seventeenth session, has adopted the global communications strategy …

274) 2024-05 Calls for experts for CPM Focus Group on Safe Provision of Food and Other Humanitarian Aid

The IPPC Secretariat is soliciting nominations for appropriately qualified experts to participate in the CPM Focus Group on Safe Provision …

275) CPM-18 update: Revisions to phytosanitary standards and recommendation adopted

Rome, 16 April 2024. The Eighteenth Session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-18) adopted four International Standards for Phytosanitary …

276) 2025 IPPC consultation period is now open

Consultation period: 1 July – 30 September 2025

277) Occurrence of melon fly (Zeugodacus cucurbitae) in Mozambique

The melon fly, Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett) (Diptera: Tephritidae) is one of about 250 tephrites of economic importance worldwide (Vayssiéres, 1998; …

278) STDF Working Group Convenes in Geneva to discuss new Strategy and Project Approvals

Geneva, 13 November 2024 – The Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) Working Group met 6-7 November, at the World …

279) Vacancy: Phytosanitary Standard Setting Specialist

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is pleased to inform the plant health community about a job opening for …

280) Meloidogyne chitwoodi pest report

The pest has been detected in one field in eastern England which was pre-emptively tested for free-living nematodes by the …