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Sea container supply chains and cleanliness

An IPPC best practice guide on measures to minimize pest contamination










IPPC Secretariat. 2020. Sea container supply chains and cleanliness: an IPPC best practice guide on measures to minimize pest contamination. Rome. FAO on behalf of the Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention.





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