APHIS Updates Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Manuals
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has updated the following PPQ electronic manuals dated through October 31, 2011 (since the last update on October 24):
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- Miscellaneous and Processed Product Import Manual. Revision to Table 3-8 Avocado—fresh Mexican avocados with seeds removed change: language for the directions in the fourth cell, fourth column (Then:) has been changed to “Refer to FAVIR” (10/31/11) (here)
- Animal Product Manual - (1) Revised to change Chapter 3-13: Swine; replace pages 3-13-41,42, and Appendix E: Approved Establishments; replace pages E-1-22,28,43,45,53 (10/31/11). (2) Also, revised to include changes to the following chapters: Chapter 2-2: Regulating Cargo; replace page 2-2-21; Chapter 3-11: Poultry; replace pages 3-11-21; Chapter 3-18: Pet Foods; replace pages 3-18-7,8,9,10; Appendix A: Passenger Baggage; replace pages A-1-7,28. (10/25/11) (here)
- Agricultural Clearance Manual- Revised (1) to update the Special Procedures for Suspect Asian Gypsy Moth (AGM) Ships. Revisions are on the following pages: Chapter 3: Examining Carriers: Section 3: Clearing Vessels: Pages 3-3-30, 3-3-31, and 3-3-37 through 3-3-48, and Appendix C: Sample Letters and Statements: Page C-1-8 (10/31/11); (2) pages: Chapter 1: Introduction: Page 1-1-5; Chapter 2: Examining and Monitoring Cargo: Section 1: Clearing Imported Cargo and Inspecting Cargo Holds: Page 2-1-7; Chapter 3: Examining Carriers: Section 3: Clearing Vessels: Page 3-3-2; Chapter 4: Clearing Passengers, Crew, and Baggage: Pages 4-1-2, 4-1-4, and 4-1-6; Chapter 5: Examining United States Postal Service (USPS) International Mail: Pages 5-1-2, 5-1-6, and 5-1-7; and Chapter 8: Violations: Page 8-1-17. Also Appendix K: List of Reportable and Nonreportable Interceptions: Page K-1-4 and Index: Pages Index-1 through Index-16 (replace the entire index) (10/27/11); and (3) pages: Chapter 3: Examining Carriers: Section 3: Clearing Vessels: Pages 3-3-27, 3-3-30, 3-3-31, and 3-3-38 through 3-3-40, and Appendix C: Sample Letters and Statements: Pages C-1-7 and C-1-8. (10/25/11) (here)
- Canadian Border Agricultural Clearance Manual - Revised to replace an old link to the Nursery Stock Restrictions Manual with a new link to the Plants for Planting Manual. The revision is on the following page: Introduction: Page 1-4. (10/31/11) (here)
- Fruits and Vegetables Manual and FAVIR database - Updated to clarify the import requirements for Bactrocera invadens country/host commodities (Federal Order issued May 08, 2009). Changes were made to the following countries and commodities: (1) Banana fruit from Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, (2) Peppers from Ghana, and (3) Lemon and sour lime from Liberia. Also the import requirements for fruits and vegetables from Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) into Guam and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) were corrected. (10/28/11) (here) and (here)
- Treatment Manual - The following pages are revised: add orange and grapefruit to schedule T101-n-2-1 and add water trap information to Chapter 8 -- Equipment (10/25/11) (here)
Detailed list of changes for each available by emailing documents@brokerpower.com