NEW PHPP Fees - July 1, 2019
Some PHPP fees will be changing on July 1, 2019. Please see this letter for more information.
Plant Health and Pest Prevention

Plant Health and Pest Prevention (PHPP) is the first line of defense in keeping out unwanted pests. Inspections are performed on plant shipments coming into and leaving San Diego County in addition to annual inspections of production nurseries to look for damaging pests. PHPP is made up of several programs all designed to facilitate the smooth flow of business while protecting agriculture and the environment.
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Nursery Inspection
Program performs hundreds of annual inspections of production
nurseries throughout the county to ensure cleanliness and proper
licensing
- Export Program certifies thousands
of San Diego’s outgoing agricultural products every year; ensuring
shipments meet the plant cleanliness requirements of the importing
country, state, or county
- High Risk Pest
Exclusion Program inspects shipments of produce and plants coming
into San Diego County from other counties, countries, and states for
exotic pests and proper certification
- Detector Dog Teams inspect parcels arriving in the county by
express carriers such as FedEx and UPS
- Sudden
Oak Death (SOD) monitors local nurseries to ensure they remain
disease free from SOD (Phytophthora ramorum)
- Pierces Disease Control (PDCP) helps to
protect grapes, California’s second largest crop, against
Glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS) which spreads this deadly
disease
- PHPP works cooperatively with local, state, and federal organizations on joint operations to enforce and monitor pest quarantines. Some recent examples are the Mediterranean fruit fly, Asian citrus psyllid, and light brown apple moth quarantines