711) The Report of the 2019 Focus Group on Commodity and Pathway Standards meeting is now posted!

The 2019 meeting report of the second Focus Group on Commodity and Pathways Standards is now available at the following …

712) IPPC Secretary Osama El-Lissy visits Uzbekistan Plant Quarantine and Protection Agency

Tashkent, Uzbekistan. 16 December 2022. International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretary Osama El-Lissy met the Director General of Uzbekistan’s Plant …

713) Cargo pest awareness in Australia

Vessels, shipping containers and break-bulk cargo can introduce exotic pests and diseases into new areas with harmful consequences on plant …

714) Getting forward - 155th FAO Council supports the International Year of Plant Health IYPH) in 2020

At its 155th session held in Rome from 5 to 9 December 2016, the FAO Council endorsed a draft Resolution …

715) Director XIA Joins IPPC Secretariat Staff in their Year-End Virtual Celebration

Rome, 21 December 2021. The IPPC Secretariat staff convened its year-end celebration with words of encouragement and well wishes from …

716) Annual TC-RPPO Meets Virtually in 2021

Rome 20 December 2021. The 33rd meeting of Technical Consultation among Regional Plant Protection Organizations (TC RPPO) held two virtual …

717) SPOTLIGHT: Empowering plant health: guidelines for field inspection

Members of the Expert Working Group on Field Inspection, representatives of host country, IPPC Secretariat, Standards Committee (SC) and Implementation …

718) Perixera illepidaria (mango shoot looper) in Queensland

In September 2021, Perixera illepidaria was detected at a commercial mango orchard in Mutchilba, north Queensland, causing severe damage on …

719) Emergency measures to prevent introduction of Erwinia amylovora through the importation of host plants and plant parts of E. amylovora from the Republic of Korea

E. amylovora is a bacterium that can infect a wide range of plant species and its infection causes serious damage. …

720) Notification of phytosanitary measures to reduce the risk of introduction of Xylella fastidiosa through the importation of plants for planting (excluding seed and fruit) of the host of X. fastidiosa

The emergency measures notified on 7 May 2015 (G/SPS/N/JPN/405) and 2 June 2015 (G/SPS/N/JPN/405/Corr.1) was taken over as the regular …