5261) Appointment of New Chief Executive Officer for Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority

Mr Lim Kok Thai has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer for the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore …

5262) Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority

The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) under the Ministry of National Development is the NPPO of Singapore which is involved …

5263) Emergency measures for tomato and capsicum seed: Tomato brown rugose fruit virus

The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has implemented urgent actions to address the risk of Tomato brown rugose …

5264) Emergency measures to address the risk of introduction of peanut smut (Thecaphora frezii) in peanuts from countries where peanut smut is recorded

Recent publication (Rago et al. 2017) highlighted the increased risk of peanut smut (Thecaphora frezii) associated with peanuts produced in …

5265) Update: Call for nominations of experts

The IPPC Secretariat is issuing a call for nominations of experts to take part in drafting international standards and diagnostic …

5266) 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 …

5267) 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 …

5268) Call for phytosanitary treatments

Submissions are being solicited for the following types of phytosanitary treatments: Treatments associated with wood packaging material for inclusion in …

5269) 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 …

5270) 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 …