The State Plant Health and Seed Inspection Service – the NPPO in Poland Warsaw, 18.10.2012

SPHSIS as a national authority is in charge of: supervision of the plant health prevention a risk related to the use and marketing of plant protection products supervision of production and marketing of seed and propagating material

The tasks of the Service are realized by the following bodies: at central level - the Main Inspector, with the aid of Head Office at regional level - the Voivode, with the aid of the Voivodeship Inspector acting as a head of Voivodeship Inspectorate of SPHSIS, being a part of joined voivodeship administration

Organization of the Service Head Office 70 employees 16 Voivodeship Inspectorates 2330 employees - 271 field units - 13 border inspection posts

Border Inspection Posts (BIPs) where phytosanitary control is carried out Russia Lithuania Braniewo (rail) Gdynia (port) Bezledy (road) Świnoujście (port) Gdańsk (port) Szczecin (port) Kuźnica Białostocka (road, rail) Bobrowniki (road) Belarus Germany Koroszczyn (road) Warszawa (airport) Małaszewicze (rail) Dorohusk (road, rail) Hrubieszów (rail) Czech Republic Korczowa (road) Ukraine Slovakia

Diagnostic activity of the SPHSIS phytosanitary diagnostics estimation of seed material estimation of seed potatoes analysis of plant protection products residues testing of varietal identity GMOs analysis

Voivodeship Laboratories

Central Laboratory in Toruń The laboratory with a reference function Co-ordination and supervision of the laboratories of the diagnostic network confirmation of testing results controls, including methods implementation and surveillance of their proper use training courses proficiency testing test performance studies verification of testing results 9

Central Laboratory in Toruń Phytosanitary Diagnostics Laboratory analysys are performed with the use of wide range diagnostic techniques Fatty acid analysis of bacteria with gas chromatography Detection and identification of various pests with the use of molecular techniques Co-operation with research units and laboratories in the field of implementation of new diagnostic methods 10

Voivodeship Laboratories The most routine analyses in the framework of the official inspection Specialistic equipment Broad scope of testing methods 12

Voivodeship Laboratories Methods used : microscopy serological IF ELISA plating method biological tests biochemical tests R-PAGE molecular FISH 13

Diagnostic activity of the SPHSIS It is very important for official laboratories to confirm their competence by accreditation, so quality assurance system according to EN ISO/IEC 17025 is being implemented intensively. Up to day nine of laboratories of the Service obtained the accreditation certificates. Moreover, two Seed Testing Laboratories have ISTA accreditation.  

Diagnostic activity of the SPHSIS Number of samples 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total 151,180 125,962 126,224 118,667 159,151 145,010 CL 12,605 5,529 10,422 6,805 9,346 6,656 VL Warsaw 17,065 10,076 8,698 8,800 11,155 12,528 17

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