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 Working Paper by South Africa : Definition for Plant Quarantine Capability (WP.203)

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AD HOC GROUP OF THE STATES PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND STOCKPILING OF BACTERIOLOGICAL (BIOLOGICAL) AND TOXIN WEAPONS AND ON THEIR DESTRUCTION

BWC/AD HOC GROUP/WP.203
8 September 1997

Original: ENGLISH

Eighth session
Geneva, 15 September - 3 October 1997

Working Paper by South Africa

DEFINITION FOR PLANT QUARANTINE CAPABILITY

The following definition for plant quarantine capability is proposed :

Plant quarantine capability.

Plant quarantine capability comprises the safety practices, building designs and equipment used in phytosanitary activities, plant inoculant and biocontrol agent production facilities involving plant pathogens and pests that pose a high risk of infection to the plant population in the vicinity.

Plant quarantine characteristics include separate buildings or clearly demarcated parts of a structure with access control, negative pressure to the environment, all air from the unit passing through high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters and decontamination of all laboratory waste by a suitable chemical or physical process before exhausting into a public or communal system. Other characteristics may also include double layered and sealed windows, self closing and locking doors, walls floors and ceilings easily sanitised and forming a sealed internal shell that is completely insect proof, cloakrooms and showers for decontamination of personnel on exit and cultivation of suitable trap plants in the immediate vicinity.

GE.97-64071

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