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ISPM 3. Guidelines for the export, shipment, import and release of biological control agents and other beneficial organisms

Adopted 2005

Year of publication 2017

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 16 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Series title International standards for phytosanitary measures

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This standard was first adopted by the Twenty-eighth Session of the FAO Conference in November 1995 as "Code of conduct for the import and release of exotic biological control agents". This standard provides guidelines for risk management related to the export, shipment, import and release of biological control agents and other beneficial organisms. It lists the related responsibilities of contracting parties to the IPPC, national plant protection organizations (NPPOs) or other responsible authorities, importers and exporters (as described in the standard). The standard addresses biological control agents capable of self-replication (including parasitoids, predators, parasites, nematodes, phytophagous organisms, and pathogens such as fungi, bacteria and viruses), as well as sterile insects and other beneficial organisms (such as mycorrhizae and pollinators), and includes those packaged or formulated as commercial products. Provisions are also included for import for research in quarantine stations of non-indigenous biological control agents and other beneficial organisms. The scope of this standard does not include living modified organisms, issues related to registration of biopesticides, or microbial agents intended for vertebrate pest control.

Last updated: 2017-04

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