Chapter 6 Regulatory Control

• Regulatory control


  Legal control or enforcement of local laws to slow or stop the spread of certain plant pests, especially those that are brought in from other areas

  
• Regulatory control methods


  • Quarantine measures
  • Inspection
  • Certified seeds

  
• Plant quarantine


  • Preventive measure, frontline defense against the introduction or incursion into the country of plant pests which are destructive to agricultural crops
  • Based on national and international agreements
  • Evolved during nineteenth and twentieth century

  
• National Plant Quarantine Service Division (NPQSD)


  Regulatory arm of the Philippine Department of Agriculture for import, export, domestic movement and market access of plants and plant products

  
• NPQSD sections

  • Import
  • Export
  • Domestic
  • Administration
• NPQSD key personnel

  • Directory of key personnel
• Foreign quarantine


  Legislation to prevent the introduction of new pests from other countries
• Import procedure


  1. Restrictions on import of plant materials

  2. Scientists can obtain seeds with permission

  3. Plant materials should be imported with permits

  4. Consignment should be accompanied by phytosanitary certificate

  5. Fumigation of imported plant materials
• Export procedure


  1. Application for exportation at least 48 hours before departure

  2. Exporter accreditation to ensure compliance with standards
• Domestic quarantine


  Legislation to prevent spread of dangerous pests within the country
• Domestic quarantine orders


  • Declaring Soccoro Wilt of Coconut as dangerous
  • Declaring Rice Black Bug as dangerous pest
• Enforcement of pest control measures


  Legislation to prevent damages and spread of already established pests

  
• Pests under enforcement

  • Cottony cushion scale
  • Coffee berry borer
  • Sugarcane top borer
  • Cattle fly
  • Red hairy caterpillar
  • Coffee stem borer
• Quality control


  Legislation to prevent adulteration and misbranding of insecticides

  
• Legislation for personnel safety


  Ensures safety to workers engaged in plant protection operations and to public
• Plant Quarantine Decree of 1978, Section 3

  
• Plant Quarantine Decree of 1978, Section 4

  
• Plant Quarantine Decree of 1978, Section 5

  
• Plant Quarantine Decree of 1978, Section 6

  
• Plant Quarantine Decree of 1978, Section 7

  
• Plant Quarantine Decree of 1978, Section 8

  
• Introduced pests

  • Rice Black Bug
  • Mango Pulp Weevil
  • Salvinia molesta
  • Jumping plant lice
  • Leafminer
  • Mealybugs
• Introduced pests