APHIS Proposes to Allow Certain Pitaya Fruit Imports from Central America
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued a proposed rule to amend the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation of fresh pitaya fruit from Central America into the continental U.S. As a condition of entry, such…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
If your job depends on informed compliance, you need International Trade Today. Delivered every business day and available any time online, only International Trade Today helps you stay current on the increasingly complex international trade regulatory environment.
pitaya fruit would be subject to a systems approach that would include requirements for monitoring and oversight, establishment of pest-free places of production, and procedures for packing the pitaya fruit. Comments are due by July 25, 2011.