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News April 5, 2021

15th Session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures

The Fifteenth Session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC).) was held in virtual mode on 16, 18 March and 1 April 2021.

The CPM adopted three new irradiation treatments:

– PT 33 (Irradiation treatment for Bactrocera dorsalis) (2017-015) as Annex 33 to ISPM 28
– PT 38 (Irradiation treatment for Carposina sasakii) (2017-026) as Annex 38 to ISPM 28
– PT 39 (Irradiation treatment for the genus Anastrepha) (2017-031) as Annex 39 to ISPM 28

The CPM noted the suggestion that, in future, changes of a technical nature that change the substance or content of a standard, such as the removal of the disclaimer from the irradiation treatments, should be considered to be technical revisions and not be submitted as ink amendments, and that ink amendments should be reserved for changes that improve the consistency of terminology.

The ink amendments to the following adopted annexes to ISPM 28 were noted by the CPM:

  • PT 1 Irradiation treatment for Anastrepha ludens,
  • PT 2 Irradiation treatment for Anastrepha obliqua,
  • PT 3 Irradiation treatment for Anastrepha serpentina,
  • PT 4 Irradiation treatment for Bactrocera jarvisi,
  • PT 5 Irradiation treatment for Bactrocera tryoni,
  • PT 7 Irradiation treatment for fruit flies of the family Tephritidae (generic),
  • PT 14 Irradiation treatment for Ceratitis capitata,
  • PT 33 Irradiation treatment for Bactrocera dorsalis,
  • PT 39 Irradiation treatment for the genus Anastrepha.