Guidance Document. Guidance on compliance of ISPM 15 marks. 16 May A guidance document issued by the Ministry for Primary Industries

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1 Guidance Document Guidance on compliance of ISPM 15 marks A guidance document issued by the Ministry for Primary Industries

2 Title Guidance Document: Guidance on compliance of ISPM 15 marks About this document This document provides guidance on legibility and compliance of ISPM 15 marks Related Requirements MPI Technical Standard: Certification Mark for Wood Packaging Document history Previous Version Date Current Version Date Section Changed N/A N/A Change(s) Description Contact Details Emmanuel Yamoah Plant & Forestry l Plant Imports & Exports l Regulation & Assurance l Ministry for Primary Industries PO Box 2526 Wellington (emmanuel.yamoah@mpi.govt.nz) Disclaimer This guidance does not constitute, and should not be regarded as, legal advice. While every effort has been made to ensure the information in this guidance is accurate, the Ministry for Primary Industries does not accept any responsibility or liability whatsoever for any error of fact, omission, interpretation or opinion that may be present, however it may have occurred. Copyright Crown copyright. This copyright work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand licence. In essence, you are free to copy, distribute and adapt the work, as long as you attribute the work to the Ministry for Primary Industries and abide by the other licence terms. To view a copy of this licence, visit Please note that no governmental emblem, logo or Coat of Arms may be used in any way which infringes any provision of the Flags, Emblems, and Names Protection Act 1981 or would infringe such provision if the relevant use occurred within New Zealand. Attribution to the Ministry for Primary Industries should be in written form and not by reproduction of any such emblem, logo or Coat of Arms. Ministry for Primary Industries Page 1 of 7

3 Contents Page 1 Purpose 3 2 Background 3 3 Compliant and legible marks 3 4 Non-legible marks 5 5 Appendix 1: Acceptable variants of the ISPM 15 mark 7 Ministry for Primary Industries Page 2 of 7

4 1 Purpose This guidance document is provided by MPI to help wood packaging manufacturers and inspectors including Independent Verification Agencies (IVAs) to determine whether an ISPM 15 mark is compliant and legible. 2 Background The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has become aware that some New Zealand pallets bearing the International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No.15 mark do not meet the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) specification and some are not legible. In many instances the non-complying marks were missing a hyphen or the dividing line separating the IPPC certification symbol from the codes. MPI has issued a standard that specifies the minimum technical requirements for the application of the ISPM 15 certification mark to wood packaging material in New Zealand. The MPI Technical Standard: Certification Mark for Wood Packaging (ISPM 15) requires that the ISPM 15 mark applied to wood packaging is legible and the IPPC certification symbol closely resembles examples provided in section of the MPI standard (as listed in Appendix 1). The requirements in the MPI Technical Standard: Certification Mark for Wood Packaging (available at take precedence over the guidance provided in this document. 3 Compliant and legible marks The ISPM 15 mark is considered to be compliant to the MPI standard and sufficiently legible when all of the following specifications as shown in the diagram below, are present and are distinct: A. The country code B. Hyphen(s) C. The producer/treatment provider code D. The treatment code E. The IPPC certification symbol must be representative of the IPPC symbol F. At least 4 out of the 5 grains on the stylised ear G. Each letter of the IPPC text H. The dividing line I. At least 75% (or 3/4) of the total border lines must be present with more than half (>50%) of the length of the border line of each of the four corners present. Ministry for Primary Industries Page 3 of 7

5 Examples of legible and compliant marks Ministry for Primary Industries Page 4 of 7

6 4 Non-legible marks Marks missing any of the above specifications are considered to be non-compliant. In most instances of non-compliance, one or more of the specifications would be missing or the IPPC symbol is not the exact representation of what is required as shown in the samples below. Marks are considered non-legible if all the required specifications are present but cannot be read easily, thus requiring an inspector to assume what the figure or symbol represents. Examples of non-legible marks Ministry for Primary Industries Page 5 of 7

7 Non-Compliant marks Compliant marks Mark missing hyphen and dividing line Mark missing border lines and hyphen Mark missing hyphen IPPC symbol not representative. Border line missing Mark split into two Ministry for Primary Industries Page 6 of 7

8 5 Appendix 1: Acceptable variants of the ISPM 15 mark Ministry for Primary Industries Page 7 of 7