APHIS to Require Pest Declaration for Certain Commercial Rice Imports
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued a Federal Order under which commercial shipments of rice from countries where the Khapra beetle is found will be allowed entry into the U.S. only if accompanied by a Phytosanitary Certificate…
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or reexport certificate with an Additional Declaration stating: “The shipment was inspected and found free of Khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium.)” A Phytosanitary Certificate or reexport certificate with the same additional declaration will also be required for commercial shipments of rice that originate in a country that has Khapra beetle and that makes entry into any other country that then reexports the shipment to the U.S. The Federal Order will be effective on July 30, 2011.