The Plant Protection and Inspection Services unit is an agency of the Ministry of Agriculture of
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
. PPIS handles
phytosanitary matters both within Israel and in foreign trade. In pursuit of that purpose, it operates offices both within the country
and in its foreign embassies,
and acts as representative to some international bodies such as the IPPC (
International Plant Protection Convention
The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) is a 1951 multilateral treaty overseen by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization that aims to secure coordinated, effective action to prevent and to control the introduction and ...
)
and the EPPO (
European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization
The European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO) is an intergovernmental organisation responsible for European cooperation in plant protection in the European and Mediterranean region. Founded on April 18th, 1951 and based in Pa ...
).
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Agriculture in Israel
Phytosanitary authorities
Export and import control
Regulators of biotechnology products
Foreign trade of Israel
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