521) Core Activities / Trade facilitation / Sea Containers / Container Cleanliness Industry Advisory Group (CCIAG)

Background Recognizing that industry involvement in the SCTF was essential, the Friends of the Chair at CPM-16 (2022) suggested that …

522) 2018 Annual Meeting of the IPPC Secretariat Held in Rome Italy

The 2018 annual meeting of the IPPC Secretariat was held on 18 January at the FAO HQs in Rome, Italy, …

523) Now available: Translations of ISPMs and CPM Recommendation adopted by CPM-18

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is pleased to inform the plant-health community that the four International Standards for …

524) Technical Panel on Phytosanitary Treatments (TPPT) concludes successful meeting hosted by Argentina's NPPO

Tucuman, 25 July 2024. The Technical Panel on Phytosanitary Treatments (TPPT) successfully held its first face-to-face meeting for the year, …

525) First UK finding of Plasmopara halstedii

Outdoor plot of cv Galilee Adami where 120,000 seeds were sown on a plot of 5 ha. Germination was stated …

526) The FAO Council endorses the establishment of an International Day of Plant Health

Rome, 2 December 2020 - As the international community continues to observe the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH), the …

527) Tomato brown rugose fruit virus

An outbreak of ToBRFV in a tomato glasshouse production facility in the Yorkshire & Humberside region of the UK. Eradication …

528) Commission / Standards Committee (SC) / Technical panels (TPs) / Technical Panel on Commodity Standards (TPCS)

529) Outbreak of Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) in Japan

Outbreak of Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) was confirmed in Japan. The NPPO confirmed the first detection of Asian longhorned …

530) First report on Rastrococcus invadens Williams) Mango mealybug in Uganda

Rastrococcus invadens (Mango Mealybug was detected in Uganda, in 2021, during a detection survey conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture …