EPPO
@epponews.bsky.social
European & Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization, an intergovernmental organisation responsible for regional cooperation in #PlantHealth #PlantProtection
Standards in diagnostic, pest risk analysis, biological control, management of quarantine pests
Standards in diagnostic, pest risk analysis, biological control, management of quarantine pests
📢 LE NOUVEAU SERVICE D’INFORMATION EST DISPONIBLE!
📖 Découvrez les dernières actualités phytosanitaires pour la région OEPP.
🔓 Lire en français ici - gd.eppo.int/media/data/r...
📖 Découvrez les dernières actualités phytosanitaires pour la région OEPP.
🔓 Lire en français ici - gd.eppo.int/media/data/r...
December 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
📢 LE NOUVEAU SERVICE D’INFORMATION EST DISPONIBLE!
📖 Découvrez les dernières actualités phytosanitaires pour la région OEPP.
🔓 Lire en français ici - gd.eppo.int/media/data/r...
📖 Découvrez les dernières actualités phytosanitaires pour la région OEPP.
🔓 Lire en français ici - gd.eppo.int/media/data/r...
📢 November's Reporting Service is OUT NOW!
📖 Read about the latest phytosanitary updates for the EPPO region in November's reporting service.
🔓 Free to read in English and French at gd.eppo.int/reporting/Rs...
📖 Read about the latest phytosanitary updates for the EPPO region in November's reporting service.
🔓 Free to read in English and French at gd.eppo.int/reporting/Rs...
December 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
📢 November's Reporting Service is OUT NOW!
📖 Read about the latest phytosanitary updates for the EPPO region in November's reporting service.
🔓 Free to read in English and French at gd.eppo.int/reporting/Rs...
📖 Read about the latest phytosanitary updates for the EPPO region in November's reporting service.
🔓 Free to read in English and French at gd.eppo.int/reporting/Rs...
🔉 Web report now online for the 27th meeting of the Panel on Diagnostics in Bacteriology
Highlights from the meeting include:
👉 Revised EPPO Diagnostic Standards
👉 Review of New EPPO Diagnostic Standards
🔗 Read the report here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
Highlights from the meeting include:
👉 Revised EPPO Diagnostic Standards
👉 Review of New EPPO Diagnostic Standards
🔗 Read the report here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
November 27, 2025 at 8:35 AM
🔉 Web report now online for the 27th meeting of the Panel on Diagnostics in Bacteriology
Highlights from the meeting include:
👉 Revised EPPO Diagnostic Standards
👉 Review of New EPPO Diagnostic Standards
🔗 Read the report here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
Highlights from the meeting include:
👉 Revised EPPO Diagnostic Standards
👉 Review of New EPPO Diagnostic Standards
🔗 Read the report here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🔉 Web report now online for the 30th meeting of the Panel on Quarantine Pests for Forestry
🔗 Read the report here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🔗 Read the report here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🔉 Web report now online for the 30th meeting of the Panel on Quarantine Pests for Forestry
🔗 Read the report here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🔗 Read the report here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🌱 Join our WEBINAR FOR EPPO CODES USERS
🔗 Register here: eu01web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
👉 Find out more: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🔗 Register here: eu01web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
👉 Find out more: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🌱 Join our WEBINAR FOR EPPO CODES USERS
🔗 Register here: eu01web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
👉 Find out more: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🔗 Register here: eu01web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
👉 Find out more: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🔉 Have you seen all the great communication examples that EFSA @efsa-plants.bsky.social @efsa.europa.eu have added from EU member countries to the EPPO Platform on Communication Material?
🔗 See more here: www.media.eppo.int
🔗 See more here: www.media.eppo.int
November 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
🔉 Have you seen all the great communication examples that EFSA @efsa-plants.bsky.social @efsa.europa.eu have added from EU member countries to the EPPO Platform on Communication Material?
🔗 See more here: www.media.eppo.int
🔗 See more here: www.media.eppo.int
🔉 Web report now online for the 11th meeting of the Panel on Plant Protection Information
🔗 Read the report here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🔗 Read the report here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
November 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🔉 Web report now online for the 11th meeting of the Panel on Plant Protection Information
🔗 Read the report here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🔗 Read the report here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
📢 We're #hiring for a new Administrative Officer to oversee accounting, financial support, and human resources.
🔗 Read more and apply: jobs.eppo.int/gs7adm2025
⏱️ Apply by 13th December!
🔗 Read more and apply: jobs.eppo.int/gs7adm2025
⏱️ Apply by 13th December!
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
📢 We're #hiring for a new Administrative Officer to oversee accounting, financial support, and human resources.
🔗 Read more and apply: jobs.eppo.int/gs7adm2025
⏱️ Apply by 13th December!
🔗 Read more and apply: jobs.eppo.int/gs7adm2025
⏱️ Apply by 13th December!
⚠️ ADDITION TO THE EPPO ALERT LIST ⚠️
➡️ Amrasca biguttula, a polyphagous pest originating in Asia, has recently spread to Africa and the Americas. Were it to establish in the EPPO region it could cause damage.
🔎 Find out about the risks, damage and more: www.eppo.int/ACTIVITIES/p...
➡️ Amrasca biguttula, a polyphagous pest originating in Asia, has recently spread to Africa and the Americas. Were it to establish in the EPPO region it could cause damage.
🔎 Find out about the risks, damage and more: www.eppo.int/ACTIVITIES/p...
November 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
⚠️ ADDITION TO THE EPPO ALERT LIST ⚠️
➡️ Amrasca biguttula, a polyphagous pest originating in Asia, has recently spread to Africa and the Americas. Were it to establish in the EPPO region it could cause damage.
🔎 Find out about the risks, damage and more: www.eppo.int/ACTIVITIES/p...
➡️ Amrasca biguttula, a polyphagous pest originating in Asia, has recently spread to Africa and the Americas. Were it to establish in the EPPO region it could cause damage.
🔎 Find out about the risks, damage and more: www.eppo.int/ACTIVITIES/p...
📖 Have you seen last month's reporting service is online? Read about the latest phytosanitary updates for the EPPO region in October's reporting service.
🔓 Free to read in English and French at gd.eppo.int/reporting/Rs...
🔓 Free to read in English and French at gd.eppo.int/reporting/Rs...
November 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
📖 Have you seen last month's reporting service is online? Read about the latest phytosanitary updates for the EPPO region in October's reporting service.
🔓 Free to read in English and French at gd.eppo.int/reporting/Rs...
🔓 Free to read in English and French at gd.eppo.int/reporting/Rs...
✨ EPPO PP1 Standards Update – October 2025 ✨
👉 The EPPO database on PP1 Standards has just been updated with new and revised Standards approved by the EPPO Council in September 2025!
🔗 Access the new Standards here: pp1.eppo.int
👉 The EPPO database on PP1 Standards has just been updated with new and revised Standards approved by the EPPO Council in September 2025!
🔗 Access the new Standards here: pp1.eppo.int
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 AM
✨ EPPO PP1 Standards Update – October 2025 ✨
👉 The EPPO database on PP1 Standards has just been updated with new and revised Standards approved by the EPPO Council in September 2025!
🔗 Access the new Standards here: pp1.eppo.int
👉 The EPPO database on PP1 Standards has just been updated with new and revised Standards approved by the EPPO Council in September 2025!
🔗 Access the new Standards here: pp1.eppo.int
It was great to strengthen our collaboration with @efsa.europa.eu at the EFSA Scientific Network on Plant Health Risk Assessment this week.
🌿 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡!
@epponews.bsky.social is taking part as observer in the EFSA Scientific Network on Plant Health Risk Assessment, with Director General Olga Tikka joining to exchange knowledge and explore closer cooperation. 🤝
#PlantHealth #EFSA | @efsa-plants.bsky.social
@epponews.bsky.social is taking part as observer in the EFSA Scientific Network on Plant Health Risk Assessment, with Director General Olga Tikka joining to exchange knowledge and explore closer cooperation. 🤝
#PlantHealth #EFSA | @efsa-plants.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
It was great to strengthen our collaboration with @efsa.europa.eu at the EFSA Scientific Network on Plant Health Risk Assessment this week.
🤔 Have you seen the latest communication campaign uploaded to the EPPO Platform on Communication Material?
🔉 The Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety took part in the Harvest Festival in Vienna and presented topics related to food safety and plant health.
🔗 See more here: www.media.eppo.int
🔉 The Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety took part in the Harvest Festival in Vienna and presented topics related to food safety and plant health.
🔗 See more here: www.media.eppo.int
November 6, 2025 at 7:51 AM
🤔 Have you seen the latest communication campaign uploaded to the EPPO Platform on Communication Material?
🔉 The Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety took part in the Harvest Festival in Vienna and presented topics related to food safety and plant health.
🔗 See more here: www.media.eppo.int
🔉 The Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety took part in the Harvest Festival in Vienna and presented topics related to food safety and plant health.
🔗 See more here: www.media.eppo.int
🦠Yesterday, Scientific Officer Charlotte Trontin from the EPPO Secretariat presented an update of EPPO’s activities related to bacteriology at the 7th annual workshop of the European Union Reference Laboratory for Pests of Plants on Bacteria, organized by ILVO in Ghent, Belgium.
October 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
🦠Yesterday, Scientific Officer Charlotte Trontin from the EPPO Secretariat presented an update of EPPO’s activities related to bacteriology at the 7th annual workshop of the European Union Reference Laboratory for Pests of Plants on Bacteria, organized by ILVO in Ghent, Belgium.
🐞Web report now online: Joint EPPO/IOBC Panel on Biological Control Agents🐞
📍The meeting took place in Paris and gathered 17 experts to discuss key topics on the assessment and regulation of the import and release of biological control agents in the EPPO region.
🔗More info: shorturl.at/61gCO
📍The meeting took place in Paris and gathered 17 experts to discuss key topics on the assessment and regulation of the import and release of biological control agents in the EPPO region.
🔗More info: shorturl.at/61gCO
October 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🐞Web report now online: Joint EPPO/IOBC Panel on Biological Control Agents🐞
📍The meeting took place in Paris and gathered 17 experts to discuss key topics on the assessment and regulation of the import and release of biological control agents in the EPPO region.
🔗More info: shorturl.at/61gCO
📍The meeting took place in Paris and gathered 17 experts to discuss key topics on the assessment and regulation of the import and release of biological control agents in the EPPO region.
🔗More info: shorturl.at/61gCO
🌐 Web report now online: EPPO Expert Working Group on Electronic Phytosanitary Certificates (ePhyto) 🌐
💻 The teleconference brought together 19 participants from 14 EPPO countries and the European representative on the IPPC ePhyto Steering Group (ESG).
🔗 Read more here: shorturl.at/CDUbq
💻 The teleconference brought together 19 participants from 14 EPPO countries and the European representative on the IPPC ePhyto Steering Group (ESG).
🔗 Read more here: shorturl.at/CDUbq
October 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
🌐 Web report now online: EPPO Expert Working Group on Electronic Phytosanitary Certificates (ePhyto) 🌐
💻 The teleconference brought together 19 participants from 14 EPPO countries and the European representative on the IPPC ePhyto Steering Group (ESG).
🔗 Read more here: shorturl.at/CDUbq
💻 The teleconference brought together 19 participants from 14 EPPO countries and the European representative on the IPPC ePhyto Steering Group (ESG).
🔗 Read more here: shorturl.at/CDUbq
Jackson et al. provide the first confirmed report of an established population of the Coconut rhinoceros beetle Oryctes rhinoceros in Mexico and in the Americas. They recommend actions to control this pest which causes major damage to palms and may threaten agave.
EPPO Bulletin: shorturl.at/xJztS
EPPO Bulletin: shorturl.at/xJztS
October 22, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Jackson et al. provide the first confirmed report of an established population of the Coconut rhinoceros beetle Oryctes rhinoceros in Mexico and in the Americas. They recommend actions to control this pest which causes major damage to palms and may threaten agave.
EPPO Bulletin: shorturl.at/xJztS
EPPO Bulletin: shorturl.at/xJztS
‼️ Don't forget to register before the end of November for the upcoming EPPO Conference on Diagnostics ‼️
🔗 Find out more and register here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🔗 Find out more and register here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
October 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
‼️ Don't forget to register before the end of November for the upcoming EPPO Conference on Diagnostics ‼️
🔗 Find out more and register here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🔗 Find out more and register here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🌳 EPPO at the EABRACE Workshop 🌳
Last week in Kraków, EPPO Scientific Officer Dmitrii Musolin joined the EABRACE Project Workshop on monitoring the Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) and buprestid beetle biodiversity in the Baltic region.
🔗 More on the EPPO Experts Network: shorturl.at/kH6jd
Last week in Kraków, EPPO Scientific Officer Dmitrii Musolin joined the EABRACE Project Workshop on monitoring the Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) and buprestid beetle biodiversity in the Baltic region.
🔗 More on the EPPO Experts Network: shorturl.at/kH6jd
October 20, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🌳 EPPO at the EABRACE Workshop 🌳
Last week in Kraków, EPPO Scientific Officer Dmitrii Musolin joined the EABRACE Project Workshop on monitoring the Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) and buprestid beetle biodiversity in the Baltic region.
🔗 More on the EPPO Experts Network: shorturl.at/kH6jd
Last week in Kraków, EPPO Scientific Officer Dmitrii Musolin joined the EABRACE Project Workshop on monitoring the Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) and buprestid beetle biodiversity in the Baltic region.
🔗 More on the EPPO Experts Network: shorturl.at/kH6jd
🌿 Web report now online: 20th Meeting of the EPPO Expert Working Group on Resistance to Plant Protection Products 🌿
🔗 Read the more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🔗 Read the more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
October 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
🌿 Web report now online: 20th Meeting of the EPPO Expert Working Group on Resistance to Plant Protection Products 🌿
🔗 Read the more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🔗 Read the more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
Abstract submission extended until 24th October 2025 for the EPPO Conference on Diagnostics of Plant Pests
🔗 Register and submit your abstract here: meeting.eppo.int/index.php/M8...
➡️ See more: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🔗 Register and submit your abstract here: meeting.eppo.int/index.php/M8...
➡️ See more: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
October 14, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Abstract submission extended until 24th October 2025 for the EPPO Conference on Diagnostics of Plant Pests
🔗 Register and submit your abstract here: meeting.eppo.int/index.php/M8...
➡️ See more: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🔗 Register and submit your abstract here: meeting.eppo.int/index.php/M8...
➡️ See more: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🌱 Web report now online: 74th Meeting of the Panel on Phytosanitary Measures 🌱
🔗 Read the full report here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🙏 Thanks to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine for hosting and organizing this meeting!
🔗 Read the full report here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🙏 Thanks to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine for hosting and organizing this meeting!
October 13, 2025 at 9:27 AM
🌱 Web report now online: 74th Meeting of the Panel on Phytosanitary Measures 🌱
🔗 Read the full report here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🙏 Thanks to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine for hosting and organizing this meeting!
🔗 Read the full report here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🙏 Thanks to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine for hosting and organizing this meeting!
‼️‼️DON'T FORGET the EPPO Jens-Georg Unger Fellowship application window closes next week ‼️‼️
👉 Apply here: shorturl.at/jHRKd
👉 Apply here: shorturl.at/jHRKd
⏰ DEADLINE EXTENDED for the EPPO Jens-Georg Unger Fellowship - we have extended the deadline for the Fellowship by one month - apply now!
👉 Plant health professionals from EPPO member countries can apply here shorturl.at/jHRKd
⌚ New deadline OCTOBER 15th!
👉 Plant health professionals from EPPO member countries can apply here shorturl.at/jHRKd
⌚ New deadline OCTOBER 15th!
October 9, 2025 at 7:39 AM
‼️‼️DON'T FORGET the EPPO Jens-Georg Unger Fellowship application window closes next week ‼️‼️
👉 Apply here: shorturl.at/jHRKd
👉 Apply here: shorturl.at/jHRKd
🤔 Have you booked your place for the EPPO-REUFIS-BFW conference 'Safeguarding Forests in Europe: Emerging Risks of Agrilus Wood Borers (Buprestidae)' yet?
🔗Register and submit your abstract here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🔗Register and submit your abstract here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
October 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
🤔 Have you booked your place for the EPPO-REUFIS-BFW conference 'Safeguarding Forests in Europe: Emerging Risks of Agrilus Wood Borers (Buprestidae)' yet?
🔗Register and submit your abstract here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🔗Register and submit your abstract here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🗓️ The EPPO Calendar for 2026 was approved by the EPPO Council.
🌐 Our 2026 Calendar is now online. Get the important dates in your diary now!
🔗 See more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/cal...
🌐 Our 2026 Calendar is now online. Get the important dates in your diary now!
🔗 See more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/cal...
October 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
🗓️ The EPPO Calendar for 2026 was approved by the EPPO Council.
🌐 Our 2026 Calendar is now online. Get the important dates in your diary now!
🔗 See more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/cal...
🌐 Our 2026 Calendar is now online. Get the important dates in your diary now!
🔗 See more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/cal...