Irish Plant Health Trade Initiative

Low-risk zones

• Ensure you source your plant material carefully
• Purchase plants grown in and supplied from zone/areas of low risk i.e. regions where notifiable threats have not been detected
• Avoid demarcated areas for Xylella
• It is not permitted to trade host material in the control zones

Suppliers

• Discuss with suppliers plant health and biosecurity actions
• Visit suppliers where feasible
• Ensure accompanied by Valid Plant Passport

Inspect and isolate new stock

• ideally 100m+ from the production facility
• undertake training to on symptom recognition

Close cooperation

• Regular and timely inspection of all species of concern from national plant health authority DAFM
• Immediately alert DAFM of plants with suspected

Training

• Minimum of 1 specialised employee who will undertake training in the most recent developments in plant health and biosecurity
• Plant Health Control systems
• Hygiene - best practice guidance and demonstrations
• Plant passport requirements,
• Review changes for March 1st 2018 and end of 2019 and impact on plant producers
• Epidemiology