International standard for plant protection measures
The International Standard for Plant Protection Measures (ISPM) is defined in the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC).
background
The material of wooden packaging is often made from cheap raw wood. This is generally suitable for harboring unwanted pests and larvae, which means that they can be transported around the world. As a result of the trade flows, the pests reach every continent within a very short time.
Wood treatment
The ISPM specifications stipulate the necessary measures according to which this raw wood is to be treated before it is used as wooden packaging, so that no undesirable pests go with you as "stowaways" on trips. After that, the requirement is to subject the wood to be treated to heat treatment and to maintain a core temperature of 56 ° C for at least 30 minutes.
Fumigation with methyl bromide was also possible until August 31, 2006 ; this pesticide has not been approved in the EU since then.
Wooden packaging made from compressed wood does not need to be pretreated, as it is pressed into shape at high temperatures. They are therefore ISPM15-compliant for production reasons.
Marking of the wooden packaging material
The wood treated in accordance with ISPM specifications must be permanently marked. The marking includes a country code, a regional code and a further registration number. In addition, information on the wood treatment carried out is given.
Individual ISPM
- ISPM 1: Principles of Plant Quarantine in International Trade
- ISPM 2: Guidelines for Risk Analysis of Harmful Organisms
- ISPM 3: Implementing regulations for the import and release of exotic biological control agents
- ISPM 4: Requirements for the establishment of pest-free areas
- ISPM 5: Glossary of Phytosanitary Terms
- ISPM 6: Monitoring Guidelines
- ISPM 7: Export Certification System
- ISPM 8: Determination of the harmful organism status in an area
- ISPM 9: Guidelines for Eradication Programs for Harmful Organisms
- ISPM 10: Requirements for the establishment of production sites free of harmful organisms and parts of operations that are free of harmful organisms
- ISPM 11: Risk Analysis for Quarantine Pests
- ISPM 12: Guidelines for Phytosanitary Certificates
- ISPM 13: Guidelines for the notification of non-conformity and emergency action,
- ISPM 14: Application of integrated measures in the system approach for the risk management of harmful organisms
- ISPM 15: Guidelines for regulating wood packaging material in international trade
- ISPM 16: Regulated Non-Quarantine Pests: Concept and Application
- ISPM 17: Harmful Organism Report
Web links
- Information on packaging wood from the Julius Kühn Institute - Federal Research Institute for Cultivated Plants
- Information about ISPM 15
Individual evidence
- ↑ IPPC Standard ( Memento of the original from February 26, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on winter-und-freis.de. Retrieved August 31, 2017
- ↑ The end of methyl bromite on pressebox.de. Retrieved August 31, 2017
