Phytosanitary treatments are used to prevent the spread of exotic pests or other foreign organisms’ entry into importing and exporting countries. Phytosanitary treatments are a kind of pre-shipment or quarantine processes recognized internationally and used by National Plant Protection Organisations (NPPOs) to mitigate biosecurity risks associated with plants or plant-based products and other foreign organisms, for which prevention and eradication, various physical and chemical treatments shall be applied.

It could be an alternative to the existing procedures which includes heat treatment, cold treatment, high-pressure treatment, pesticide sprays, cleaning, waxing, and chemical fumigation. Every country has various guidelines and authorized fumigants’ dosages but mostly adheres to the guidelines implemented by International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM). Virtue has a well-qualified team and professionals in handling the Plant Protection Quarantine execution and could assist the clients in obtaining the Phytosanitary Certification for import and export needs.