The webinar on phytosanitary irradiation organized by the US-Chile Commission (Agregadurías Agrícolas Chile EEUU) on November 19, 2020 can be viewed on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5Y9_h4CR-U The presentations are available at this page. The speakers included: Laura Jeffers and Maggie Johnson from USDA-APHIS; Frank Benso, owner of Gateway...
COVID-19 has caused many events to be delayed and the next PsIP Phytosanitary Irradiation Forum will be no exception since the organizers do not wish it to be a virtual meeting. A decision was taken to delay the event to the week commencing 7th March...
On December 3, 2020 the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) published an interesting article titled Phytosanitary Treatments Using Irradiation for Fruit Fly Pests Gain Ground on its website. The article references the role of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), jthe Joint FAO/IAEA programs and the International...