🌿Web report now online: EPPO Working Party on Phytosanitary Regulations🌿
🌍This annual meeting took place in Maynooth, Ireland, and brought together 21 experts to discuss EPPO Standards, the EPPO work programme for 2026, and recommendations to the EPPO Council.
🔗Full report here: shorturl.at/Cly9I
We didn't want to ruin #InternationalDayofPotato with these photos but remember your favourite potatoes get sick too!
With help from contributors, we've added hundreds of new pest images affecting potato tubers to the EPPO Global Database in recent months🥔🔍📸
See more: gd.eppo.int/taxon/SOLTU/...
Celebrating #InternationalDayofPotato?
🥔 Behind the scenes, plant health experts from across the EPPO region are helping us draft a Standard to support inspectors who protect this vital crop! Keep tuned to see it!🍟
At EPPO we are wishing our member countries a Happy International Day of Plant Health 🌱🎉
See the message from our Director General here: youtu.be/JgK3aF8RPjs
#PlantHealthDay
We had the pleasure of welcoming Sybren Vos, Giuseppe Stancanelli and Tobin Robinson from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to EPPO headquarters yesterday.
🌱 EFSA are one of our key partners working to safeguard plant health across the EU.
We were pleased to welcome John Barker and Enrico Battiston from the International Organisation of Vine and Wine to our Headquarters yesterday.
We discussed important areas of collaboration between EPPO and OIV. We look forward to continuing to work closely in the future 🙌🍇🪴
🌿Web report now online: EPPO Panel on Phytosanitary Measures🌿
🌍12 experts from EPPO member countries and EFSA gathered at the EPPO headquarters.
🎯Scope: evaluate pest risks and recommend phytosanitary measures to protect plant health across the EPPO region.
🔗Full report: shorturl.at/oaCyv
Great week with the @epponews.bsky.social Panel on Phytosanitary Measures in Paris. The Panel discussed process for delisting from EPPO A1/A2 Lists, Pochazia shantungensis, Xylotrechus pyrrhoderus, Resseliella citrifrugis, priorities for PRA next year & T°C treatments for Xylella fastidiosa #BeXyl.
This week, the @epponews.bsky.social Secretariat attended the 132nd @efsa-plants.bsky.social Plant Health Panel in #Parma. Great to see all the EFSA team and Panel experts. Let’s work together to ensure a healthier future for plants!
Maize infected with Clavibacter nebrakensis from Harding et al 2018
❗ A NEW addition to the EPPO Alert List ❗
Clavibacter nebraskensis has been added to the alert list because of its potential to damage Maize in the EPPO region.
🔎 Find out more: lnkd.in/ec7EDBCd
⚠️ Our Alert List acts as an early warning of pests for our member countries.
To celebrate @fao.org 's International Day of Forests 🌲 and @unesco.org's World Poetry Day 📖 we released EPPO's Poetry Anthology on the EPPO Platform on Communication: media.eppo.int/index
It includes 15 languages from the EPPO region. 🌍
What's your favourite forest poem? 🌲 🌳
See the thread 👇👇
Technical visit at the NAK (Dutch General Inspection Service for Agricultural Seeds and Seed Potatoes), followed by a visit to a seed potato producer.
The web report of the last EPPO Panel on Phytosanitary Measures for Potatoes meeting hosted by @nvwa.bsky.social is now online.🥔
Key discussions included Standards under revision, priorities for the future work programme and new pest situations.🚜
🔗Find the report here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
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💕 Need something special for your loved one this Valentines? 💕
Try our EPPO cards, now available on the EPPO Platform for Communication: lnkd.in/eVwa-Y3Z
Spread LOVE 💘 not PESTS 🪳 🦠
Technical visit of the @epponews.bsky.social Panel on Phytosanitary Mesures for Potato 🥔 visiting NAK & a seed potato producer. This perfectly illustrates several topics discussed this week in the Panel. Thank you @nvwa.bsky.social for organizing it!
This week, the @epponews.bsky.social Panel on Phytosanitary Measures for Potatoes 🥔 is meeting at @nvwa.bsky.social in Wageningen! 🇳🇱 The session kicked off with a review of a Draft Standard on phytosanitary inspection 🧐 for export certification and import release ✈️🚢.
The Datasheet project wouldn’t have been such a success without the incredible expertise of Anne-Sophie Roy. A final challenge in a career dedicated to plant health!
Last week, the EPPO team celebrated the retirement of Anne-Sophie Roy with a cooking class and farewell. Over 35 years, Anne-Sophie achieved much, including creating the EPPO Global Database. A true expert and fantastic colleague—we'll miss you! 🎉💐
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#planthealth #dreamteam #dontriskit
Wishing a happy and well-deserved retirement to Laurence Bouhot-Delduc! Her dedication to #PlantHealth on international level has been truly remarkable. Thank you for your invaluable contributions to @epponews.bsky.social work!
🌍 319 EPPO datasheets on plant pests have been revised and are now dynamic in the EPPO Global Database!
💡 This project involved 170+ authors from 40 countries & the EPPO Secretariat.
Read more in Anne-Sophie Roy’s article: doi.org/10.1111/epp....
#PlantHealth #EPPO #Collaboration
Group photo of the participants in the workshop
Read a short report of the Workshop on the future work of EPPO: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
The aim of the Workshop was to provide ideas and direction for the development of the EPPO Strategic Plan 2026 – 2030 both in the area of Phytosanitary Regulations and Plant Protection Products
