Podcast Beta
Questions and Answers
What was the first legislative measure taken against plant disease in North America?
What was the purpose of the 1660 quarantine law in Rouen, France?
What was the first international plant protection convention?
What was the purpose of the 1873 embargo in Germany?
Signup and view all the answers
What was the significance of the year 1403 in the context of disease control?
Signup and view all the answers
What was the purpose of setting up a seaport inspection station at San Padro, California in 1891?
Signup and view all the answers
What was the purpose of the Act of 1866 in the UK?
Signup and view all the answers
What was the origin of the term 'quarantine'?
Signup and view all the answers
When was the first plant quarantine measure initiated in the US?
Signup and view all the answers
What was the purpose of the 1877 Destructive Insects Act in the UK?
Signup and view all the answers
Study Notes
Plant Quarantine and International Organization
- The International Plant Protection Convention was established in 1951 under the FAO at Rome, with the purpose of preventing the introduction and spread of pests and diseases of plants and plant products.
Quarantine Types/Legislative Classes
- International quarantine: Legislation to prevent the introduction of new pests and weeds from foreign countries.
- Domestic quarantine: Legislation to prevent the spread of already established pests, diseases, and weeds from one part of the country to another.
- Farmer's quarantine: Legislation to enforce farmers to apply effective control measures to prevent damage by already established pests.
- Food quarantine: Legislation to prevent the adulteration and misbranding of insecticides and determine their permissible residue tolerance levels in foodstuffs.
- Quarantine for pest control operations: Legislation to regulate the activities of people engaged in pest control operations and application of hazardous insecticides.
Organizations Regulating Plant Quarantine and Global Trade
- FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- CPM: Commission on Phytosanitary Measures.
- IPPC: International Plant Protection Convention.
- ISPM: International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures.
- NPPO: National plant protection organizations.
- RPPC: Regional plant protection conventions.
- RPPO: Regional plant protection organizations.
- SPS: Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
- WTO: World Trade Organization.
What is Plant Quarantine?
- Plant quarantine serves as a national service by preventing the introduction of exotic pests/pathogens/weeds and their further spread.
- Plant quarantine can be defined as rules and regulations promulgated by governments to regulate the introduction of plants, planting materials, plant products, soil, living organisms, etc. to prevent the introduction of exotic pests, weeds, and pathogens.
Historical Events
- 1403: The first quarantine was enforced in Venice to prevent the spread of bubonic plague.
- 1660: A quarantine law was enacted in Rouen, France, to eradicate barberry plants from the vicinity of grain fields.
- 1866: The first British legislation against a disease in animals or plants was enacted to destroy all cattle affected by rinderpest.
- 1873: An embargo was passed in Germany to prevent the importation of plant and plant products from the US to prevent the introduction of the Colorado potato beetle.
- 1875: The first legislative measures against plant disease were promulgated by states in North America.
- 1877: The United Kingdom Destructive Insects Act was passed to prevent the importation of the Colorado beetle.
- 1881: The first international plant protection convention, the Phylloxera convention, was signed at Berne by five countries.
- 1891: The first plant quarantine measure was initiated in the US by setting up a seaport inspection station at San Padro, California.
- 1912: The US Congress enacted the Federal Plant Quarantine Act, which prohibits the entry of plants into the United States.
- 2003: The PFS order was revised to fulfill India's legal obligations under the WTO Agreement and the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) order came into force.
Studying That Suits You
Use AI to generate personalized quizzes and flashcards to suit your learning preferences.
Related Documents
Description
Learn about the International Plant Protection Convention and the types of quarantines, including international and domestic, to prevent the spread of plant pests and diseases.