5771) Draft specifications for consultation available

Four draft specifications for ISPMs were approved by the Standards Committee in November 2007 for member consultation. Specifications outline the …

5772) Call for topics for the standard setting work programme

A call for topics for the standard setting work programme is being made. Topics for new or revised ISPMs may …

5773) Electronic Certification: Call for experts

Following ICPM-7, an Electronic Certification Working Group (ECWG) is to be established to formulate policy recommendations regarding electronic certification to …

5774) IPPC job announcement: Agricultural Officer (Information Exchange)

The IPPC Secretariat is currently advertising a 12 months project post in the area of information exchange capacity building. Please …

5775) Open-ended working group to develop a capacity building strategy

Please note that the meeting of the Open-ended Working Group for the Development of an IPPC Capacity Building Strategy has …

5776) Emergency quarantine measures for plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa

The link below provides information regarding the emergency measures taken by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment in …

5777) First Report of Black Sigatoka Disease (Mycosphaerella fijiensis) from Trinidad

Black Sigatoka Disease was first discovered in Trinidad in November 2003. Full report in the journal Plant Pathology 54, 246 …

5778) Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. sepedonicus eradicated in Denmark

Since decades The Danish PPO has carried out official inspections of all Danish grown seed potatoes. Also official monitoring surveys …

5779) Schizotetranychus baltazari in northern Australia

This species has been known mainly from a wide range of the Southeast and Southwest Asia countries. The spider mite …

5780) Detection of a single male Queensland fruit fly (in a New Zealand surveillance trap)

A single male Queensland fruit fly was detected in a surveillance trap in a residential suburb of Auckland city, NZ. …