2581) Red Imported Fire Ant (RIFA) in Queensland, Australia

The RIFA eradication program is continuing. It uses a low-toxic bait treatment consisting of coarsely-ground corn soaked in soybean oil …

2582) Phytosanitary treatments and fumigant methodologies

Treatments applied for biosecurity purposes are part of measures used in managing the risk of introduction of exotic pests and …

2583) Notification on the detection of Bactrocera invadens in Swaziland

Bactrocera invadens was first detected in Methyl Eugenol bait traps in Matsamo and Ngonini in northern Swaziland along the northern …

2584) NEW IPPC Pest Status Guide!

The Pest Status Guide: Understanding the principal requirements for pest status determination has been published and is now available. Please …

2585) New CPM Chairperson!

The Commission on Phytosanitary Measures, the CPM governing body of the International Plant Protection Convention, welcomes Ms. Kyu-Ock Yim, from …

2586) Notification of amended emergency quarantine measures for plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa – 13 January 2016

The attached notice provides clients of the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources who import nursery stock, tissue cultures and …

2587) Liriomyza trifolii (American serpentine leafminer) in Queensland and Western Australia

There were two separate detections of Liriomyza trifolii (American serpentine leafminer) in Kununurra, northern WA in March 2021 and in …

2588) Update from the Standard Setting Unit of the IPPC Secretariat

Due to the outbreak of covid-19, we would like to inform you that as the Standards Committee (SC) May meeting …

2589) Occurrence of Banana Bunch Top Disease (BBTV) in Mozambique

Banana Bunch Top Virus (BBTV) is the most serious disease on banana and causes devastating losses on banana in areas …

2590) Detections of Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm) on mainland Australia

Fall armyworm was initially detected in traps on two islands in the Torres Strait (islands of Saibai and Erub) in …