APHIS Proposes to Allow Certain Sand Pear Imports from China
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation of Chinese sand pears (Pyrus pyrifolia) from China into the U.S. As a condition of entry, sand pears from areas…
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in China in which the Oriental fruity fly (Bactrocera dorsalis) is not known to exist would have to be produced in accordance with a systems approach that would include registration requirements for places of production and packinghouses, inspection for quarantine pests, etc. Pears from areas where the fruit fly is known to exist could be imported into the U.S. if, in addition to these requirements, there is a monitoring system in place and the pears are cold treated and accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an additional declaration that all import conditions have been met and the consignment has been inspected and found free of quarantine pests. Comments are due by February 14, 2011.