Panama

PAN North America

Association Statistics

Pests Affecting This Country/Region
690
Pests on Regulated List
318
Notifications Count
63
Regulation Files
1

Regulated List (318 species)

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Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by manual review

Category Distribution

Pest Quarantine Status Year Added
Aceria mangiferae Quarantine pests /
Aceria sheldoni Quarantine pests /
Aceria tosichella Quarantine pests /
Aceria tulipae Quarantine pests /
Aculops lycopersici Quarantine pests /

Pest Distribution Status (690 pests)

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Data sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

682
Present
8
Absent
690
Total
Pest Status State
Abgrallaspis cyanophylli Present —
Abracris flavolineata Present —
Acacia auriculiformis Present —
Acanalonia conica Present —
Acheta domesticus Present —

Notifications (63 notifications)

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Data source: WTO SPS & TBT Platform.

La presente Guía Técnica establece los lineamientos técnicos para la toma de muestras y los métodos de análisis aplicables a la leche y los productos lácteos que se elaboran, importan, distribuyen y comercializan en la República de Panamá, con el fin de asegurar la uniformidad de los procedimientos, garantizar la calidad e inocuidad de los productos y respaldar las acciones de control y verificación realizadas por las autoridades competentes.

Human health; Food +1
Regular notification

Este Reglamento Técnico establece las disposiciones técnicos-sanitarios y de calidad para el queso cheddar, que es aplicable en la fabricación, manipulación, distribución y comercialización.

Food safety; Human +1
Regular notification

Este Reglamento Técnico establece las disposiciones técnicos-sanitarios y de calidad para el queso mozzarella, que es aplicable en la fabricación, manipulación, distribución y comercialización.

Human health; Food +1
Regular notification

The notified document is submitted pursuant to the fact that Panama is one of the 125 countries using the Generic ePhyto National System (GeNS), through the HUB of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), to send and receive phytosanitary certificates in accordance with ISPM 12. In conformity with that standard, phytosanitary certification is used to attest that consignments meet phytosanitary import requirements and is undertaken by an NPPO. As of 1 March 2026, Panama will no longer issue paper-based phytosanitary certificates to countries using the ePhyto solution. The same measure will apply in future to countries that deploy the ePhyto solution and that are currently in the testing phase and/or registered.

Plant health
Regular notification

The purpose of the notified Technical Regulations is to establish the following:• Technical Regulations: Food Technology. Meat products. Meat of swine and products thereof. Specifications (17 pages, in Spanish)The purpose of the notified Technical Regulations is to regulate sanitary aspects of the preparation of meat of swine and products thereof, both of national origin and imported, as well as their storage, distribution, sale and transport, in different establishments in the country, and to establish the safety-related requirements, conditions and sanitary measures that must be met.

Human health; Food +1
Regular notification