451) Let’s talk about commodity standards - CPM adopts standards on safe trade in plants and plant products

Rome, 8 April 2022. The Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) adopted yesterday the International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) number …

452) Blog: Setting standards for plant health: Looking back and planning ahead

In November 2022, the Standards Committee (SC) held a hybrid meeting, the first face-to-face meeting since the year prior. Although …

453) Uganda to undertake a Phytosanitary Capacity Evaluation to boost agricultural trade

Kampala, 6 May 2024 – The Government of Uganda has embarked on a six month-long process of conducting a Phytosanitary …

454) The Guide to regulation of wood packaging material is now available in French

The IPPC Secretariat is pleased to announce the release of the French translation of the IPPC Guide to regulation of …

455) We want to hear from you! IPPC consultation period is now open

The 2022 consultation period has opened today, 1 July 2022.

456) Report of carnation tortrix (Cacoecimorpha pronubana) in British Columbia, Canada (2022) / Rapport sur la présence de la tordeuse méditerranéenne de l'oeillet (Cacoecimorpha pronubana) en Colombie-Britannique, Canada (2022)

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed the presence of carnation tortrix (Cacoecimorpha pronubana) in British Columbia in June 2021 …

457) Meloidogyne enterolobii (Guava root knot nematode) in the NT and QLD

On 2 September 2022, M. enterolobii was detected in the greater Darwin region of the Northern Territory (NT). Following delimiting …

458) Phytosanitary Capacity Evaluation to strengthen Egypt's food security and agricultural trade

Cairo, 29 April 2024 – To enhance agricultural production, food safety and national phytosanitary capacity to prevent the introduction and …

459) Lucien Kouame Konan

For more than 35 years, Konan has been working on various aspects of the phytosanitary field. As former Chair of …

460) Technical Panel on Diagnostic Protocols advances its work on plant pest diagnosis

Paris, 04 November 2022. The IPPC Technical Panel on Diagnostic Protocols (TPDP) concluded its face-to-face meeting from 31 October to …