International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) are prepared by the Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) as part of the FAO’s global programme of policy and technical assistance in plant quarantine. ISPMs are the standards, guidelines and recommendations recognized as the basis for phytosanitary measures applied by Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) under the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary ( SPS ) Measures. ISPMs are adopted by contracting parties to the IPPC through the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures. Non-contracting parties to the IPPC are encouraged to observe these standards.

ISPMs developed as of 31 July 2009 include standards for:

• procedures and references;
• pest surveillance, survey and monitoring;
• import regulations and pest risk analysis;
• compliance procedures and phytosanitary inspection methodologies;
• pest management;
• post entry quarantine;
• exotic pest emergency response, control and eradication; and
• export certification.