Introduction to IPPC course experience


My experience with successfully completing the IPPC course was quite informative. I was not aware there was so many groups, committees and organizations involved in this sector. It has also brought awareness to what my country's contribution is in all this. Recently my country had a breach in security. Some good were sent from a South America country to mine and the produce was not thoroughly inspected before sent. 25 tonnes of produce to be inspected by 1 quarantine officer. Upon initial inspection an unidentified pregnant snail was discovered moving away from the produce site which was on its own not the best place to ensure proper quarantine. Relevant authorities were alerted and the whole place including the boat was under quarantine due to the fact that there was other goods on board being offloaded and distributed at once. A decision was made to send the produce back on the boat it came with after it had completed offloading. Politics came in and the produce had to be dumped using a local vessel. Now  after doing this course it had me thinking when do the IPPC and other groups come in and are present to ensure things go correctly. Especially when a country has experienced a natural disaster of this magnitude. 

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  1. Shamara PierreJuly 30, 2024 at 1:53 AM

    The IPPC have already done there part by ensuring that law and regulations are created in the form of ISPMs which is then communicated to the RPPOs and the to the NPPOs who is then responsible for sharing the information with the different entities with a country.

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  2. Shamara PierreJuly 30, 2024 at 2:17 AM

    When a snail is found, the responsibility lies with the NPPO of the country it's coming from, not with the IPPC. That's why there's an inspection process in place at the point of export and import.

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