A report about Regulatory Control

1. REGULATORY CONTROL

2. Regulatory Control
Definition: preventing the entry and
establishment of foreign plant and animal
pests in a country or area and
eradication or suppression of pests
established in a limited area.
Plant Quarantine
Legal restriction of movements of plants
and plant materials between countries
and between states within the country to
prevent introduction and spread of pests
and diseases where they do not exists

3. Government agency
involved in Quarantine
PQS- The Plant Quarantine Service of the
Bureau of Plant Industry is the
regulatory arm of the Philippine
Department of Agriculture when it comes
to matters of import, export, domestic
movement as well as market access of
plants and plant products. It aims to
prevent the entry of foreign pests into the
country, prevent spread of pests already
existing in the country and comply with
the international standards.

4. Plant Quarantine Service
(PQS)
 Under the Bureau of Plant Industry
(BPI)
 Member of International Plant
Protection Convention (IPPC)
 National Plant Protection Organization
(NPPO) of the Philippines
 By the virtue of PD No. 1433, known
as the “Plant Quarantine of 1978”

5.  PQS has thirteen (13) regional offices
nationwide
 PQS central office is located at 692
San Andres St., Malate, Manila

6. Some of the PQS stations
 Ninoy Aquino International Airport
(NAIA)- Pasay City
 Manila International Container Post-
Tondo, Manila
 South harbor- Manila Pier
 Port of Batangas- Sta. Clara Pier,
Batangas
 Port of Mindoro- Calapan City
 Port of Quezon- Lucena City
 Port of Palawan- Rizal Ave.,PPC,
Palawan

7. Categories of Legislation
1. Foreign quarantine
 It is the legislation to prevent the
introduction of new pests from other
countries
 Prevents introduction of pests from
foreign countries
 Takes care of pests of quarantine
concern
 Restricts or prohibits import of plant
materials e.g. sugarcane sets from
Philippines; rubber seed from south
America

8. Restrictions on import of plant
materials
 Scientists can obtain the seeds with
permission from the National Bureau of
Plant Genetic Resources
 Plant Materials should be imported only
with import permits
 The cosignment should be accompanied
by phytosanitary certificate from the
country of origin

9.  Quarantine inspection of materials is
made at notified sea and airports
 Fumigation of imported plant materials
is also done based on need

10. Export Procedure
Exporter Accreditation is necessary to
ensure compliance with the set
international standards bilateral
agreements and local
standards. Presently, the Bureau of
Plant Industry-Plant Quarantine
Service had developed a number of
protocols to ensure acceptance of
Philippine Exports to various
countries.

11. Mango- Export to Japan, Korea, USA, Australia and
New Zealand, Bilateral Agreements are in place as
well as Protocols for compliance of Exporter. All
interested Exporter are to submit an Application for
Accreditation and comply with all requirements.
Banana- Revised Protocol for the Export of Fresh
Cavendish Banana was issued for the compliance
of Banana Exporter-Trader-Producers with the set
rules and regulations. Application forms and all
other requirements must be submitted to the
Regional Accreditation Screening Committee for
initial evaluation and would them be forwarded to
the National Accreditation Screening Committee.

12. Export Certification Procedure
Exportation is the process of sending
goods from one country to
another. Process of sending products
(plants, plant products and planting
materials) to other countries requires
compliance with their respective import
requirements see www.ippc.int,
www.fao.org for the list of country
requirements.
Application for Exportation for
commercial and non-commercial volume
must be filed at least 48 hours before the
departure date for the completion of the
Export Procedure.

13. 2. Domestic quarantine
 It is the legislation to prevent spread of
dangerous pests from one part of the
country to another
 The state Acts empower to prevent the
spread of dangerous pest within their
jurisdictions

18. 3. Enforcement of pest control
measures
 It is the legislation to prevent
damages and spread of already
established pests. The state Act is
enforced on cultivators to take
control measures for the following
pests:
Cottony cushion scale -Icerya purchasi
Coffee berry borer -Hypothemus hampei
Sugarcane top borer -Scirpophaga nivella
Cattle fly -Stomaxys calcitrans
Red hairy caterpillar -Amsacta albistriga
Coffee stem borer -Xylotrechus quadripes

19. Some introduced pest in the Philippines
and their effects on ecosystem (FAO.org)
 Coconut scale insect (Aspiodiotus destructor)- It was a
serious pest of coconut palm reported in 1947 in Sangi
Island which is between Sulawesi, Indonesia and
Mindanao, Philippines. Now, has affected 1.2 millin coconut
trees in CALABARZON alone.
 Golden apple snail (Pomacea caniculata)- ere
introduced to Asia, from South America, in the 1980s as
potential food for people, but it unfortunately became a
major pest of rice.
 Leafminer (Liriomyza sp.)- Accidentally introduced
with the importation of chrysanthemum: major pest of
potato and ornamentals
 Spiraling whitefly (Aleurodicus dispeures)- Affected
vegetables and ornamentals. Accidentally introduced
with the importation of ornamental kalanchoe in the
1970s
 Mealy bug (Pseudococcus sp.)-Affects coconut in

20.  Riceblack bug (Scontiniphora coarctata)-Major
problem for rice in Mindanao and Leyte. Introduced
through vessels plying the route between the
province of Palawan and countries south of the
Philippines
 Potato cyst nematode-Accidentally introduced in
the importation of potato planting materials. Heavily
infesting potato farms in Benguet in Northern
Philippines

21. 4. Quality control
 It is the legislation to prevent the
adulteration and misbranding of
insecticides
 Central Insecticide Board is set up to
advice Centre and States on technical
matters of insecticide usage

22.  The Government of India “The
Insecticide Act 1968”, which empowers
to regulate the import, manufacture, sale,
transport, distribution and use of
insecticides. The pesticide firms should
register themselves stating the name
and address of manufacturer, the brand
and trade name of insecticide, the active
ingredient, net content in unit pack,
details of antidote. The container should
carry a poison label with skull and cross
bones and a warning or caution
statement.

23. 5. Legislation to regulate activities of
personnel engaged in pest control
 It ensures safety to workers engaged
in plant protection operations and to
public (Governed by Insecticide Act
1968)

24. Eradication
 Eradication of may species is now
feasible because of new technological
advances (e.g., sterile insect release,
pheromone traps)
 Long-term environmental risk of
repeated insecticide sprays over years
and years versus the short-term
environmental risk of an intesive
eradication effort

25.  Reduced total costs