IPPC sowing seeds for food security

Posted on إثنين, 14 أغسطس 2017, 08:40

An article by Brent Larson, IPPC Senior Standards Officer, has recently appeared on the European Seeds magazine. You may read it here: http://european-seed.com/another-seed-food-security-sown/

The report of the 2017 Standards Committee Working Group SC-7) meeting Rome 15-19 May 2017) has now been posted

Posted on أربعاء, 09 أغسطس 2017, 12:40

The report of the 2017 Standards Committee Working Group (SC-7) meeting (Rome, 15 - 19 May, 2017) has now been posted. You can find the report on the IPP at this link. The 2017 SC-7 revised the following four …

Dr. John Hedley launches the Biosecurity Information Facility Portal.

Posted on أربعاء, 09 أغسطس 2017, 00:15

The Biosecurity Information Facility Portal (http://bif.lrd.spc.int/) was officially launched on 9 August 2017 by John Hedley, Principal Advisor, New Zealand. It was prepared by the Pacific Community (SPC) and it hosts the biosecurity operating procedures for the 22 island …

Draft diagnostic protocols DPs) under DP notification period

Posted on ثلاثاء, 08 أغسطس 2017, 09:20

Two draft diagnostic protocols (DPs) are currently under the DP notification period:

• Phytophthora ramorum (2004-013)
• Tomato spotted wilt virus, Impatiens necrotic spot virus and Watermelon silver mottle virus (2004-019).

The DP notification period was opened on 1 July and will …

Internship position at IAEA Laboratories in Seibersdorf Austria): Post-Harvest Experiments 

Posted on جمعة, 04 أغسطس 2017, 09:10

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has advertised an internship position on Post-Harvest Experiments at IAEA Laboratories in Seibersdorf, Austria. The intern will take part in the fruit fly phytosanitary treatment project. The deadline for application is 11 August 2017 …

Presentations for the 2017 IPPC Regional Workshop and unofficial translations in Russian of draft ISPMs under the first consultation are now available

Posted on ثلاثاء, 01 أغسطس 2017, 15:18

The presentations of the 2017 IPPC Regional Workshops and the unofficial translations in Russian of the draft ISPMs sent for first consultation (thanks to EPPO) are now available at https://www.ippc.int/en/core-activities/capacity-development/regional-ippc-workshops/2017-ippc-regional-workshops/

June 2017 Bureau report is available now.

Posted on ثلاثاء, 01 أغسطس 2017, 12:00

June 2017 Bureau report is available now and you can find it here.

New documents of the Eurasian Economic Union in plant quarantine will come into effect

Posted on إثنين, 31 يوليو 2017, 14:58

New documents of the Eurasian Economic Union in plant quarantine will come into effect from 1 July 2017:

1. the Single quarantine phytosanitary requirements for regulated products and quarantine objects on the customs border and in the customs territory of the …

Technical resources out now on the IPPC Phytosanitary Resources page!

Posted on خميس, 13 يوليو 2017, 13:48

G.N. Alit Susanta Wirya 2014 - Glenea chlorospila known as the stem borer pest.

Reviewed and approved by the Capacity Development Committee (CDC), the IPPC has now published the following phytosanitary technical resources on the phytosanitary page. The IPPC and …

IPPC Financial Committee Report posted

Posted on ثلاثاء, 11 يوليو 2017, 14:31

The report of the latest Financial Committee Report held in June in Washington DC was posted and is available here.

Arabic reformatted standards

Posted on ثلاثاء, 04 يوليو 2017, 07:42

The IPPC Secretariat is very pleased to inform its stakeholders that all ISPMs in Arabic, that were affected by the CPM-10 (2015) decision on revoking of standards, have been amended to include various sets of ink amendments previously noted in …

IPP call for Opening of consultation periods in En Fr Es

Posted on جمعة, 30 يونيو 2017, 12:36

The 2017 consultations on draft ISPMs has opened today, 30 June, and will close on 30 September 2017.

The 2017 consultation on draft specifications also started today, 30 June, and will close on 31 August 2017.

The following draft ISPMs …

CBD call for information

Posted on خميس, 22 يونيو 2017, 07:05

NPPOs are encouraged to provide information in response to a call by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on the following issues:

a) Addressing the risks associated with trade in wildlife, invasive alien species sold via e-commerce, and invasive alien …

ISPMs adopted at CPM-12 posted in languages

Posted on أربعاء, 21 يونيو 2017, 07:01

This is to announce that all ISPMs adopted by CPM-12 were posted in all languages (ISPM 20, ISPM 38, ISPM 39, ISPM 40, ISPM 41 and PTs 22 to 31). To read them, please visit https://www.ippc.int/en/core-activities/standards-setting/ispms/