IPPC ISPM 15
Solid Wood Packaging Update
(February 16, 2011)
Countries with implementation changes since last update (November 1, 2010):
Canada: The Canadian Food Inspection
Agency released a new 'memo' regarding
the implementation of ISPM 15 (2009) between Canada and
the United States.
Jamaica: Jamaica's new enforcement
date is March 1, 2011.
(November 1, 2010)
Countries with implementation changes since last update (May 1, 2010):
Australia:Since July 1, 2010, the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service (AQIS) now accepts wood packaging made of debarked wood (i.e. small pieces of bark are allowed if they are less than 3 cm in width [regardless of length]; or if greater than 3 cm in width, the total surface area can only be about the size of a credit card) as defined in ISPM 15 - 2009 edition. However, the “bark free” declaration is still required.
Jamaica: The Ministry of Agriculture Plant Quarantine/Produce Inspection Branch will be enforcing its new ISPM 15-based regulation starting January 1, 2011.
Kenya: Kenya Plant Health Inspection Service (KEPHIS) will be enforcing ISPM 15, but as of yet has no implementation date.
Taiwan:Taiwan’s Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine amended its regulation incorporating ISPM 15 – 2009 edition .
(May 1, 2010)
Countries with implementation changes since last update (October 15, 2009):
Australia: The Australian Quarantine
and Inspection Service (AQIS) no longer requires a “Newly Manufactured Plywood Declaration” for
plywood-veneer packaging. However, AQIS is still monitoring the risks
associated with plywood and veneer packaging through surveys and
target surveillance in order to verify that risks are adequately
managed.
European Union (EU): EU member states still accept wood packaging fumigated with methyl bromide from other countries outside Europe. Their new regulation prohibiting the use of methyl bromide only applies to fumigation of wood packaging within Europe.
Indonesia: Indonesian Agricultural Quarantine Agency updated its Decree of the Minister of Agriculture No. 12/2009 to go in line with the 2009 edition of ISPM 15 (i.e. made of debarked wood).
Senegal: The Direction de la Protection des Vegetaux
au Ministere de l’Agriculture (Plant Protection
Department of the Ministry of Agriculture) of Senegal
has proposed an implementation date of August 15, 2010.
Sri Lanka: The Department of Agriculture of Sri Lanka has been implementing ISPM 15 since March 8, 2010.
Summary information for countries that have begun implementation or announced plans to implement ISPM-15:
Argentina: June 1, 2006
Australia: September 1, 2004 (Variations to ISPM-15: Bark-free + packing declaration for ISPM-15 compliant WPM, 21-day rule does not apply); January 1, 2006 will add wood packaging used in break bulk and air cargo to their ISPM-15 enforcement.
Bolivia: July 23, 2005
Brazil: June 1, 2005
Bulgaria: January 24, 2006
Canada: September 16, 2005 (Exemption granted to U.S.)
Chile: June 1, 2005
China: January 1, 2006
Colombia: September 16, 2005
Costa Rica: March 19, 2006
Cuba: October 1, 2008
Dominican Republic: July 1, 2006
Ecuador: September 20, 2005
Egypt: October 1, 2005
European Union: March 1, 2005
Guatemala: September 16, 2005
Honduras: February 25, 2006
India: November 1, 2004 (Variation: Phytosanitary certificate required only for WPM not ISPM-15 compliant)
Indonesia: September 2009
Israel: October 31, 2009
Jamaica: October 20, 2007
Japan: April 1, 2007
Jordan: November 17, 2005
Lebanon: March 26, 2006
Malaysia: January 1, 2010
Mexico: September 16, 2005
New Zealand: April 16, 2003; starting November 1, 2009 switched to debarked WPM
Nicaragua: No published date of implementation
Nigeria: September 30, 2004
Norway: January 1, 2008
Oman: December 2006
Paraguay: June 28, 2005
Peru: March 1, 2005
Philippines: June 1, 2005
Senegal: August 15, 2010 (ISPM 15-compliant + bark-free)
Seychelles: March 1, 2006
South Africa: January 1, 2005
South Korea: June 1, 2005
Sri Lanka: March 8, 2010
Switzerland: March 1, 2005
Syria: April 1, 2006
Taiwan: July 2008
Tanzania: No published date of implementation
Thailand: No published date of implementation
Trinidad & Tobago: September 15, 2005
Turkey: January 1, 2006
Ukraine: October 1, 2005
U.S.: September 16, 2005 (Exemption granted to Canada -- must provide import declaration that shipment derived from trees harvested in U.S. or Canada -- import lumber must be ISPM-15; 24-hr methyl bromide fumigation schedule in their requirements for imported packaging effective February 7, 2008)
Venezuela: June 1, 2005
Vietnam: June 5, 2005
ISPM-15 Requirements
Treatment options are:
- Heat Treatment (HT): Wood packaging material should be heated in a schedule that achieves a minimum core temperature of 56ºC for a minimum of 30 minutes.
- Methyl Bromide (MB) Fumigation: The wood packaging material should be fumigated with methyl bromide.
Mark with the following components:
- IPPC symbol
- country code
- producer/treatment provider code
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Must be made from debarked wood; small pieces of bark may remain if:
- Less than 3 cm in width (regardless of length) or
- Greater than 3 cm in width, with the total surface area of an individual
piece of bark less than 50 cm2
Proposed change between US and Canada (information relayed to NWPCA by the USDA APHIS Forestry Products Trade Director)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service APHIS) and Canada Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) have determined the ISPM 15 wood packaging exemption between the two countries has become disadvantageous to controlling the introduction and spread of invasive species.
The growing number of invasive species establishing in the two countries mandates the removal of the ISPM No. 15 exemption to further insure the safety of our groves, orchards, forests and nurseries. The USDA and CFIA are developing an action plan which involves a 2 year phase-in period. The three phases of implementation will take part in four steps:
1. One year for industry preparations to comply with the standard.
2. Phase 1: Six months of informed compliance. Notices will be posted in connection with cargo that contains noncompliant WPM.
3. Phase 2: Six months of rejection of violative noncompliant wood crates and wood pallets through re-exportation. Informed compliance and notices posted in cargo with other types of noncompliant WPM (dunnage, blocking and bracing).
4. Phase 3: Full Enforcement on all articles of regulated WPM entering United States of America and North America. Shipments containing noncompliant regulated WPM will not be allowed to enter United States of America.
An official start dates will be announced after further discussions with CFIA, Customs and Border Protection and Canada Border Services Agency.
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The minimum temperature should not be less than 10°C and the minimum exposure time should be 24 hours. Monitoring of concentrations should be carried out at a minimum at 2, 4, and 24 hours.
When a fumigation treatment schedule is revised and adopted, as with China and Canada, wood packaging material (WPM) already treated and marked under the previous schedule does not need to be retreated, remarked or recertified. It only applies to WPM that will be treated after adoption of the new schedule.
The Enforcement Committee has adopted this 24-hr fumigation schedule in the MB Program. All certified fumigators have been advised to start using the new schedule immediately; the schedule will be mandatory and has been implemented effective September 18, 2006 (Monday).
Notice to Department of Defense (DoD) vendors.
The Department of Defense has announced that its shipments both “inside and outside of the United States must meet ISPM 15.” These requirements will be reflected in Defense Logistic Agency solicitations issued as of August 1, 2006. DOD pallets must be heat treatment or kiln dried (DOD does not accept fumigation as a treatment method). For more information, see the American Lumber Standard Committee, Incorporated Web page at. http://www.alsc.org/
ISPM-15 Requirements
Compliance with ISPM-15 for wood packaging materials allows for two treatment options:
Heat Treatment (HT): Wood packaging material should be heated in a schedule that achieves a minimum core temperature of 56ºC for a minimum of 30 minutes. The American Lumber Standards Committee administers the U.S. certification program for heat treatment.
Methyl Bromide (MB) Fumigation: The wood packaging material should be fumigated with methyl bromide. NWPCA has been tasked by the U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to administer the fumigation program.
NOTE: ISPM 15 requirements apply to all species of coniferous (softwood) and non-coniferous (hardwood) packaging materials.
To the best of NWPCA's knowledge, NWPCA E-News: International Wood Packaging Requirements contains current information from government sources on International Wood Packaging Requirements as of the date of publication. NWPCA does not warrant or assume any legal liability for the accuracy or completeness of such information. |
