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SANITARY & PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES: INFORMATION

External links

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SEE ALSO
> SPS gateway
> SPS Information Management System
> Standards and Trade Development Facility
 

Relevant standard-setting bodies
“The Three Sisters”

• FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission
• World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)
• FAO International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC)

FAO’s SPS portal

• International Portal on Food Safety, Animal & Plant Health developed by FAO

Other observer organizations
These international organizations are observers in the SPS Committee, with work in a number of areas related to SPS

• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
• World Health Organization
• World Bank
• African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
• Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
• International Trade Centre (ITC)
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• Organismo Internacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (OIRSA)
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Others
These also work in a number of areas related to SPS

• European and Mediterranean Plant Protection organization (EPPO)
• Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)