There is a clear need to present consistent and focused notifiable pest management information to Professional Operators. There is good information available, however it is in a variety of formats and the quality and type of information is variable. The purpose of this project is to explore if pest information can be set out in a consistent format to support Professional Operators by presenting bespoke plant biosecurity information for their site and associated operations. This information aims to enable Professional Operators to focus their attention on the critical analysis processes required to establish effective plant biosecurity systems.

PHC2022/08 will create summary overview documents that cross references the 39 notifiable pests (from the PHRR) with management measures and the requirements of the Plant Health Management Standard. Therefore, plant pest information will be presented in manner to support businesses and organisations conduct a Site and Operations Pest Risk Analysis.

PHC2022/08 is 50% match-funded from Defra