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Evaluation of the Community Plant Health Regime: Final Report
DG SANCO Evaluation Framework Contract Lot 3 (Food Chain)
Table 3-17: Organisation of plant health laboratory tasks in the MS
Country Laboratories (central-regional level) Delegation NRL for PH Additional information
Bulgaria
Denmark
The Central Laboratory for Plant Quarantine
(CLPQ) carries out phytosanitary tests of
imported and domestic plants, plant
products, soil and other materials. There are
laboratories attached to each Regional
Service for Plant Protection (RSPP), where
tests are carried out. The CLPQ validates
positive and doubtful results of the analysis
made at the RSPP Laboratories.
The CLPQ is also involved in coordinating
the activities at RSPP, issuing
methodological guidelines for inspection and
drafting monitoring programmes; it also
provides instructions to staff on diagnostics
and identification of pests.
The Danish Plant Directorate operates its
own laboratory for identification of HOs..
The PH department consists of the
inspection and administrative unit (providing
guidance to inspectors) and the diagnostic
laboratory with laboratory technicians. All
work close together with 25 district PH
inspectors. Its broad obligations refer to
plant health monitoring, see potato
certification, seed (seed health, GMO, cereal
variety, seed dressing), feeding (GMO,
salmonella) and plants (GMO, larch hybrids,
plant health).
The sole official laboratory responsible for
analysing samples taken during inspections
is part of the DPD.
Co-operation arrangements
with official recognized
scientific institutions
guarantee that the full range of
HOs can be dealt with.
Currently, the extent to which
testing is done in DK or is
commissioned from an
officially recognized
laboratory delegated
elsewhere depends on time,
money, expertise, working
force, as well as the source of
funding for the analysis (more
freedom in case of State
money instead of funding
through fees). Intense
discussion can take place with
the growers on this.
No
In their responses to the general
survey, DPD has listed 19 HOs in
prioritized order for which
improvement is needed on the testing
method in DK. Two example for
which improvements are needed are
1) testing of citrus coming from
South America for the absence of
Guignardia citricarpa for which the
current testing method takes 14 days,
which is too long when considering
this type of commodity;
2) testing of wood packages for the
absence of PWN, which takes over 50
days as they do not have the required
facility in DK and need to delegate to
another country.
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