3941) Standards Commitee report posted

The report of the November 2016 Standards Committee has been posted and is available here.

3942) Interception Notification

Interception Notification was issued for a consignment from Malaysia that has been intercepted with quarantine insect - Chrysomphalus aonidum. The …

3943) Appointment of new Director General, Plant Health

With effect from 1 Apr 2019, Dr Leong Chee Chiew is the Director-General, Plant Health under the National Parks Board. …

3944) Argentina and Chile set a milestone with the application of the IPPC ePhyto solution

4 May 2020, Buenos Aires. Beginning Monday 4 May, the NPPOs of Argentina and Chile have removed the use of …

3945) Notification of revision of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Plant Protection Act and relevant notifications, G/SPS/N/JPN/438/Add.1

Notification of revision of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Plant Protection Act and relevant notifications, G/SPS/N/JPN/438/Add.1

3946) Absence of Tomato ringspot virus from Australia

There were two detections of Tomato ringspot nepovirus (ToRSV) in the 1980s from South Australia from a single plant of …

3947) Limnocharis flava in northern Queensland

Limnocharis is a perennial, anchored, climp-forming aquatic herb that grows over a meter in height. The pale green leaves occur …

3948) Koster’s curse in Julatten, Queensland

Koster’s curse is a quick-growing invasive plant that has the ability to form dense thickets, smothering native vegetation and causing …

3949) Information on updates to GB plant health import requirements in November 2022

Information on updates to GB plant health import requirements in November 2022, as advised in WTO notification G/SPS/N/GBR/16.

3950) Protocol for biological control agents

The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources conducts assessments for release of invertebrate or plant pathogenic biological control agents (which …