Law No. 17.825 providing for Plant Health Protection within the State of Santa Catarina. Country/Territory Brazil Territorial subdivision Santa Catarina Document type Legislation Date 2019 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Plant protection Hygiene/sanitary procedures Offences/penalties Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Integrated pest management-IPM/pest management strategies Pests/diseases Registration Inspection Basic legislation Geographical area Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic Entry into force notes This Law enters into force on the day of its publication. Abstract This Law, consisting of 32 articles divided into nine Chapters, establishes rules for plant health protection in the State of Santa Catarina, including actions aimed at ensuring plant health, in harmony with national and international guidelines on the matter. The objectives of this Law are: preserve plant health and food production; promote the continuous improvement of the state's phytosanitary condition; establish phytosanitary measures to ensure the health of vegetables, their products and by-products; encourage the effective participation of society in plant health actions; and strengthen the economy and social welfare. The principles of plant health protection are: precaution; prevention; technical basis for phytosanitary measures; advertising of phytosanitary requirements, restrictions and prohibitions; agreement between state, national and international phytosanitary standards; adoption of phytosanitary measures without discrimination; plant health, environmental sustainability, food security and economic viability; and creation of public policies to protect plant health as a duty of the State. Full text Portuguese Website leis.alesc.sc.gov.br