Plant Healthy's Malcolm Catlin is on the Cargo Logistics-sponsored panel. Catlin told HortWeek: "Whatever the statutory regimes for regulating, notifying and inspecting plant imports and exports in place now or in the future, the rules and the nature of any relevant pest and disease threats need to be clearly understood, whilst updates need to be communicated promptly and working practices revised accordingly, to allow compliance and help protect plant health. This is essential to our trade, as well as our environment and our wellbeing.
"As a voluntary scheme sitting alongside statutory measures, Plant Healthy offers a framework to help with this. However, statutory checks alone will never capture everything and so good biosecurity practice embedded in the everyday way of working of growers, retailers and wholesalers, landscapers and designers, arborists and others - by the people selecting, sourcing, handling and checking plants and trees on a daily basis - will help avoid problems in the first place and provide an additional level of protection and assurance to certified members and to their customers."
Four Oaks, 3 September 2025 at 11:30am: Exploring the future of Red Tape for Importers & Exporters of Plants
Matthew Appleby, editor, HortWeek
Craig Francis, Cargo Logistics
Malcolm Catlin, Plant Healthy
Sally Cullimore, Technical and Trade Policy Manager at the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA)
Join a panel of industry experts chaired by HortWeek editor Matthew Appleby, with Craig Francis (Cargo Logistics), Malcolm Catlin (Plant Healthy) and Sally Cullimore (HTA) plus more speakers to be arranged.
• Sponsored by Cargo Logistics
