5.1 Discussion on the approval of two regional standards for phytosanitary measures
Dr Hedley, Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Plant Quarantine, chaired this section of the meeting. Members considered the comments provided on the two draft standards.
With the draft standard "guidelines for the development of heat disinfestations treatments of fruit fly host commodities", the proposal was made by China that paragraph four section 2.2.1.2 methods, be amended so that each replicate should have "200 or more fruit fly individuals". The meeting discussed this part and finally agreed to change the figure to "100 or more fruit fly individuals". The other amendments arising from comments were generally accepted, with some editorial amendments. The session then adopted the standard (see annex II).
With the standard "training requirements for plant quarantine inspectors", the comments provided by members were accepted. Some editorial changes were considered. The session then adopted the standard (see annex III).
Dr Hedley then asked the meeting for subjects for consideration as future standards. Proposals were provided by Australia, China and Malaysia. These were considered later in the meeting.
5.2 Initiative on setting up APPPC information system
David Nowell, IPPC Secretariat (FAO, Rome), described the development of the IPP. He noted the working groups (WG) held and the adoption of the WG report by the ICPM3. Information was provided on how NPPOs and RPPOs can utilize the IPP as procedures for the registration of official contact points. Dr Nowell then went on to illustrate the IPP and how the APPPC site was accessed within the IPP. NPPOs were requested to provide information on official contact points and to ensure existing information is accurate and up-to-date.
Wan Normah Wan Ismail reported that the APPPC web page has already been initiated on a trial run basis in the IPP system. Despite incompatibility between information categories required by the Sub-Committee on Information Networking and the existing structure of the IPP website, most of the information has been successfully entered. However, improvement will be required following further instructions from the IPP Administrator of the IPPC Secretariat.
