IPPC Standards Committee and Standards Committee Working Group Approve Standards for Consultation

Earlier this month, the Standards Committee (SC) and the Standards Committee Working Group (SC-7) of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) approved five draft International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs), one draft specification for consultation, and four phytosanitary treatments for consultation by contracting parties and regional plant protection organizations (RPPOs).

One draft of note for the seed industry is the draft annex to ISPM 38 International movement of seeds: Design and use of systems approaches for phytosanitary certification of seeds. To reduce pest risk throughout the seed production process from planting to harvesting, the draft annex provides a general and standardized framework of requirements to NPPOs for developing systems approaches for seeds as an option for phytosanitary certification. This helps to meet the phytosanitary requirements of importing countries.

For more information, read the release here.