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

2. 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

3. 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

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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Voivodeship Laboratories

8. 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

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

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

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

12. 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 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.

13. 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

14. Thank you for your attention18