Gaining momentum: the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH)

Published on 25/06/2015

The initiative to proclaim an International Year of Plant Health in the year 2020 (IYPH 2020) has gained further traction at the 39th Conference of FAO held in Rome from 6-13 June 2015. Following the strongly endorsed decision of the Tenth Session of the Commission of Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) to fully support an IYPH 2020 […]

The substantial concerns commenting period is opened!

Published on 10/06/2015

The substantial concerns commenting (SCCP) period ondraft ISPM has started on the 1st June 2015 and ends on 30 September 2015 . Comments should be submitted through the IPPC Online Comment System (OCS), on: 2006-031: Determination of host status of fruit to fruit flies (Tephritidae) – only paragraphs where text was modified following the SC […]

Date : 09/06/2015

The meeting was held on June 9-10, 2015. The purpose is to set out the objectives, review activities of the project to date and to confirm on future activities. The main elements of the meeting are as set out below: To review the importance of regional biosecurity the FAO on-line Pest Risk Analysis activity the […]

Effective participation in IPPC activities. May 25-27, 2015

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A training workshop to strengthen the third countries capacity to participate actively in the work of International Standard-Setting Bodies within the Better Training for Safer Food initiative and funded by the European Commission, was held in Morocco (Mohammedia) from 25 to 27 May, 2015. The main topics addressed during the workshop are: Day 1. IPPC: […]