2151) NPPO of the Netherlands

NPPO of the Netherlands

2152) Dr. John Hedley launches the Biosecurity Information Facility Portal.

The Biosecurity Information Facility Portal (http://bif.lrd.spc.int/) was officially launched on 9 August 2017 by John Hedley, Principal Advisor, New Zealand. …

2153) The Commission on Phytosanitary Measures Opens for its 9th Session

On the first day of the ninth session of the Commission of Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-9) at the Headquarters of the …

2154) IPPC Standards Committee Reviewed the Task Force on Topics Recommendations for 2021 Call for Topics Submission

Rome, 4 November 2021. The Standards Committee (SC) of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) met virtually on 3 and …

2155) Tuta absoluta

The Plant Health and Seeds Inspectorate (PHSI) discovered a packing site had been returning packing material which had carried imported …

2156) IPPC Surveillance standard being modernized

The IPPC Expert Working Group (EWG) for the Revision of the International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) 6: Guidelines for …

2157) EU import legislation

List of EU import regulations, including emergency measures against emerging pests, valid until 14 December 2019:

2158) EU import legislation

List of EU import regulations, including emergency measures against emerging pests

2159) New standards adopted and key standards revised during the sixth session of the CPM; focus group to work on improving the standards setting process

Opening speeches at CPM-6

2160) Minimizing the impact of plant pests - a global surveillance system for crop diseases

Originally native to the Americas, since 2016 the Fall Armyworm, a destructive pest, has rapidly spread into Africa, the Near …