APHIS Proposes to Allow Certain Imports of Litchi Fruit from Australia
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to allow, under certain conditions, the importation of commercial shipments of litchi fruit from Australia into the continental U.S., except Florida. As a condition of entry, the litchi fruit would have…
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to be grown in production areas that are registered with and monitored by the national plant protection organization of Australia and treated with irradiation at a dose of 400 gray for plant pests of the class Insecta, except pupae and adults of the order Lepidoptera, and subject to inspection. They would also have to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an additional declaration stating that the conditions for importation have been met. Additionally, litchi would not be imported into or distributed to the State of Florida, due to the presence of litchi rust mite in Australia. Comments are due by February 27, 2012.