East African Community2023-07-192023-07-192021East African Community. (2021). Standard operating procedures of inspecting maize, beans and rice for pests of phytosanitary importance in the East African Community. East African Communityhttps://doi.org/10.60682/vy1q-0f77Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) MeasuresThe East African Community (EAC) is an economic block that creates demand for trade in a wide range of commodities among the Partner States. In the course of the intra-EAC trade in agricultural commodities, there is a likelihood of introduction of quarantine pests, often inadvertently. Therefore, trade in agricultural commodities has to go hand-in-hand with assurances that the commodities in question meet the phytosanitary requirements of importing countries in order to prevent entry, establishment, spread, or impact/consequences of such pests. The risk of movement of pests through trade can be mitigated by applying phytosanitary measures that are commensurate with the level of risk as determined through pest risk analysis (PRA) for each pest under consideration.enOther