701) 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 …

702) Biosecurity Regulation 2016

The Biosecurity Regulation 2016 prescribes important information relating to the exercise of powers by officials under the Biosecurity Act 2015 …

703) Goods Determination

There are five legislative instruments collectively known as the Goods Determinations. These are: •Biosecurity (Conditionally Non-prohibited Goods) Determination 2021 •Biosecurity …

704) SC-7 2015 report has been posted!

The Standards Committee Working Group (SC-7) met from 11 to 12 May at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy. The meeting …

705) Scirtothrips inermis

Scirtothrips inermis has been detected on sticky traps in a botanic garden in the South East of England. S. inermis …

706) 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 …

707) Record number of IPPC Contracting Parties using Online Commenting System!

Launched in 2016, the new IPPC Online Comment System (OCS) continues to strengthen IPPC Official Contracting Party participation in developing …

708) Press release of the IPPC ePhyto Industry Advisory Group

9 September 2020. The Industry Advisory Group (IAG) of the IPPC ePhyto Solution calls on governments to support the adoption …

709) Standards Committee May 2015 report has been posted!

The Standards Committee (SC) met from 4 to 8 May at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

710) Innovative Approach to Managing Risks and Facilitating Intra-Regional Trade during COVID-19 Pandemic in the Caribbean Region

This is an initiative developed and implemented among Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), St. Vincent & the Grenadines (SVG) and Grenada …