1541) Expert Working Group on drafting the annex on Field Inspection to ISPM 23

The IPPC Secretariat, through the Standards Setting Unit, is coordinating a meeting of the newly formed Expert Working Group (EWG) …

1542) Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm) detections Australia

Eradication of Spodoptera frugiperda from Australia is not considered technically feasible after being reported in Torres Strait (late January 2020), …

1543) The IPPC Focus Group Meeting on Criteria for Upcoming Call for Phytosanitary Issues Held in Rome

The IPPC Focus Group (FG) met on Monday 9 October 2017 at FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy, to develop criteria …

1544) Mozambique new Import permit and Phytosanitary certificate

As a way to give a new look and more security to the certificates and licenses issued in Mozambique, the …

1545) IPPC Formalizes Trade Facilitation Collaboration

Rome, Italy 7 June 2022 – The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) and the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation (the …

1546) IPPC Secretariat attended the virtual meeting of the Liaison Group of Biodiversity-related Conventions to advance joint work

30 April 2020, Rome - A delegation of the IPPC Secretariat attended a virtual meeting of the Liaison Group of …

1547) Pest Freedom from Urocystis cepulae, onion smut

Onion Smut was first detected in 1950 in Adelaide, South Australia with a second detection in 1964. In 1966, an …

1548) Four devastating fruit flies pests are one and the same species

A female oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, laying eggs by inserting her ovipositor in the skin of a papaya. Image …

1549) IPPC ePhyto is welcomed at the 2019 World Seed Congress

There was a great deal of interest in the IPPC ePhyto Solution at the World Seed Congress 2019. © FAO

1550) IPPC ePhyto hub pilot underway

The IPPC ePhyto Steering Group (ESG) met with staff of the United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC) at their offices …