What is being done to review and approve other treatment methods such as irradiation?
APHIS is not involved in the development of new technology for wood treatment. However, the IPPC technical panel will meet periodically to review new treatments. 18) After the IPPC standard becomes effective, will I still be able to ship materials that were treated and marked per EU regulations or other country regs? (example: pallets marked “China Treated” that were fumigated before). The presumption is that the packing materials will have to be marked in accordance with the international standard. 19) Even though the IPPC standard defines a paperless protocol for compliance, are there any suggested statements that we should put on shipping documentation to assist inspectors? Example: “All packaging within this shipment complies with IPPC standards” (along with bug symbol). APHIS makes no such recommendation at this time.
