The process to revise the International Standard for Phytosanitary Measure ISPM 18 Requirements for the use of irradiation as a phytosanitary measure has been initiated. The first consultation on the revised draft has open on 1 July,2021 and will last until 30 September 2021. Once...
On July 2, 2021, the New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (NZ MPI) published an Industry Advice Notice to advise that irradiation has been approved as a treatment option to manage fruit flies on Australian strawberries, scallopinis, honeydew melons, rockmelons and zucchinis. The NZ MPI has...
Guy Hallman is an entomologist and one of the pioneers of PI. In 1994 Guy was tasked by the USDA to examine the confusing science and recommend treatment doses when the US began using the technology against fruit flies in Hawaii on a continuing basis...