SAFE MOVEMENT OF PLANTS FOR PLANTING

I. McDonell
Canada, the United States and Mexico are the three countries which form the North American Plant Protection Organization (NAPPO) with the mission of protecting the plant resources of North America while facilitating trade. Current phytosanitary measures are based mainly on quarantine restrictions supported by end product inspection and phytosanitary certification. Recent experience demonstrates that these systems may not always be adequate as evidenced by an increasing rate of pest introduction associated with the import of plants for planting. These pests often cause significant economic and environmental damage. Historically, most taxa of plants for planting have moved in international trade without the completion of a specific pest risk analysis. In order to manage the risk involved with plants for planting, NAPPO decided to develop a regional phytosanitary standard for its member countries and subsequently propose an international standard under the International Plant Protection Convention of the FAO. The purpose of these standards is to reduce the risk of pest introduction without substantially increasing the regulatory burden or disruption to international trade in plants for planting. Integrated pest risk management measures for plant imports include such elements as identification and management of risk, documentation of production and pest management practices, auditing and reviewing export programs, and managing pest prevalence during the production process. It focuses on the production process in order to provide an alternative to the current approach which relies on final product inspection for phytosanitary certification.
McDonell, I. (2007). SAFE MOVEMENT OF PLANTS FOR PLANTING. Acta Hortic. 760, 597-601
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.760.85
https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.760.85
phytosanitary measures, phytosanitary certification, pests, pest risk, production process, international trade, plant quarantine, plant shipment, treaty, convention
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