3061) Rationale for phytosanitary requirements from Australia

The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment conducts biosecurity risk analyses consistent with Australia’s international obligations, including those under …

3062) Approved arrangements for nursery stock and tissue cultures from countries with a higher risk of Xylella fastidiosa (Pierce’s disease)

Nursery stock from regions and countries with a high risk of Xylella spp. must be produced through a National Plant …

3063) TPG report posted

The TPG December 2016 meeting report has now been posted here.

3064) The pest Pseudomonas syringae pv.-actinidiae (Psa) is eliminated from the list of quarantine pests for Chile.

Evaluated the behavior of Pseudomonas syringae pv. Actinidiae (Psa) in the country since its first detection, in 2011, and given …

3065) Ministerial Decree No. 444 / 2016 and 214/2017

1) Ministerial Decree No. 444 / 2016 prohibiting the importation of seedling of the host plants for the Xylella fastidiosa …

3066) Republic of Indonesia, Government Regulation No.14 of 2002

Government Regulation No.14 of 2002, is the implementation of Law no.16 of 1992, concerning plant quarantine in Indonesia.

3067) Standards Committee: progressing the development of standards

The 28th IPPC Standards Committee (SC) convened from 9 to 13 May at FAO-HQ in Rome. The meeting was chaired …

3068) IPPC is hiring an Agricultural Officer (PCE)

The FAO Food Systems and Food Safety Division (ESF) and the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) are cooperatively hiring an …

3069) UPDATE pest report June 2016 Identity confirmed: Hemitarsonemus ganeo (fern mite) instead of Hemitarsonemus tepidariorum (pest report March) Wider distribution on ferns outdoors (Polypodium vulgare, Dryopteris carthusiana, Dryopteris filix-mas, and Athyrium filix-femina). Single detection on plants for planting of Platycerium alcicorne (fern plants) in a production greenhouse.

The identity of Hemitarsonemus ganeo could be confirmed on plants for planting of (fern plants) in a production greenhouse, which …

3070) List of Quarantine pests to Slovenia

List of quarantine harmful organisms to Slovenia is defined by Annex I and II of Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective …