International standards for phytosanitary measures are prepared by the Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention as part of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s global programme of policy and technical assistance in plant quarantine. This programme makes available to FAO Members and other interested parties these standards, guidelines and recommendations to achieve international harmonization of phytosanitary measures, with the aim to facilitate trade and avoid the use of unjustifiable measures as barriers to trade.
This standard was endorsed by the Interim Commission on Phytosanitary Measures in April 2001. In April 2003, the Interim Commission on Phytosanitary Measures endorsed a supplement to ISPM No. 11 (Pest risk analysis for quarantine pests) on analysis of environmental risk and agreed that it should be integrated into ISPM No. 11. This resulted in ISPM No. 11 Rev. 1 (Pest risk analysis for quarantine pests including analysis of environmental risks). In April 2004, the Interim Commission on Phytosanitary Measures endorsed a supplement on pest risk analysis for living modified organisms (LMOs) and agreed that it should be integrated into ISPM No. 11 Rev. 1. This has been done to produce the present standard, ISPM No. 11 (2004). The supplementary text on environmental risks is marked with "S1" and the supplementary text on LMOs is marked with "S2".
The Interim Commission on Phytosanitary Measures acknowledges the collaboration and support of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, as well as the participation of experts from Parties to the Convention, in the preparation of the supplements to ISPM No. 11.
Jacques Diouf
Director-General
Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations
