U.S. and Canada to Harmonize ISPM 15, Global Movement of Forest Products ISPM Being Drafted
At the 34th Annual Conference of the North American Plant Protection Organization (NAPPO) held in October 2010, speaker Brian Zak from Canada stated that the U.S. and Canada were in the discussion stages of harmonizing their implementation of International Standards…
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for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) 15 (Guidelines for Regulating Wood Packaging Material in International Trade). In addition, the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) was finalizing a draft ISPM on the Global Movement of Forest Products. (See ITT's Online Archives or 12/02/10 news, 10120215, for BP summary of of APHIS proposed rule to eliminate the ISPM 15 exemption for Canada WPM.)