National Plant Board
Links
NPB Members' Web Sites
Link to the web sites of individual NPB members. Many sites contain staff contacts,
state quarantines, laws, regulations, shipping requirements, etc.
ANLA
The American Nursery and Landscape Association
APS
The American Phytopathological Society
ASTA
The American Seed Trade Association
AIA
Apiary Inspectors of America
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is a public agency reporting to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food. The Agency is responsible for food and fish inspection and animal and plant health activities at the federal level.
CPHST
USDA APHIS PPQ Center for Plant Health Science and Technology
DHS CPB
United States Customs and Border Protection
ESA
The Entomological Society of America
EXCERPT
A centralized databases that contains up-to-date-export summaries used for issuing Phytosanitary Certificates. Password protected.
FAO
The Food and Agriculture Organization s the largest autonomous agency within the United Nations system. It was founded i with a mandate to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living, to improve agricultural productivity, and to better the condition of rural populations.
HIS
The Horticultural Inspectors Society is an organization of State Plant Inspectors whose individual chapters meet once a year to discuss and exchange ideas relating to plant protection inspections and regulatory activities. Each chapter reports to an affiliated regional plant board. H.I.S. meetings provide state inspectors an opportunity to discuss plant pest concerns within their individual states and share new discoveries with others.
Interstate Pest Control Compact (IPCC)
The Pest Control Compact was formed in 1968 with the assistance of the Council of State Governments. It serves to remedy funding restraints, bridge the jurisdictional gaps that exist among federal and state governments and more adequately address the realities of dynamic plant pest infestations or outbreaks. Through contractual agreements, the Compact allows individual states to contribute to plant pest control, suppression, or eradication beyond their state boundaries.
NAPIS
The National Agricultural Pest Information System (NAPIS) which is the database for the Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS)
NAPPO
The North American Plant Protection Organization, is a regional plant protection organization of FAO comprising the National Plant Protection Organizations of Canada, the United States, and Mexico
NASDA
National Association of State Departments of Agriculture
NASF
The National Association of State Foresters
NGMMB
National Gypsy Moth Management Board
Regulations.gov
View and comment on regulations and other actions for Federal agencies.
SAF
Society of American Foresters
U.S. Code - Title 7 Agriculture
USDA APHIS BRS
Biotechnology Regulatory Services of the Animal & Plant Health Inspection
Service regulates the field testing, movement, and importation of
genetically engineered organisms that are known to be, or could be
plant pests.
USDA APHIS PPQ
United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine
safeguards agriculture and natural resources from the risks associated with the entry,
establishment, or spread of animal and plant pests and noxious weeds.
USDA ARS
United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
USDA Forest Service
The Forest Service is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Forest Service manages public lands in
national forests and grasslands.
WSSA
The Weed Science Society of America
Last Modified: June 25, 2008