APHIS Updates Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Manuals

• Fruits and Vegetables Manual. The online version of the Fruits and Vegetables Manual and the FAVIR database have been updated: 1) Clarified the entry requirements for chayote and cucurbits from several countries into the United States. 2) Mexico: added a papaya orchard, Rancho El Rocio in the municipality of Frontera Hidalgo, to the Chiapas papaya export program, removed a papaya orchard, El Prado in the municipality of Tapachula, from the Chiapas papaya export program, revised one commodity in the National Agriculture Release Program (NARP) (02/02/2012) (here)
• Miscellaneous and Processed Products Import Manual. The online version of the Miscellaneous and Processed Products Import Manual has been changed: 1) Table 3-116 Nuts—unprocessed nuts out of their husks, shelled or unshelled, from OTHER THAN Canada or Mexico change: changed action language in the fifth cell of the fifth column (Then:) 2) Table 3-154 Seeds (OTHER THAN nuts) that are processed (seeds with hulls removed), or manufactured into articles change: footnote indicator #1 has been added to the second, tenth, and eleventh cells of the first column (If the seed or nut is:); new footnote #1 text has been added at end of the table 3) Table 3-192 Temperate hardwood logs, burls, cants, crossties, stumps, sticks, branches, or wood vines NOT meeting universal importation options change: “sticks” and “branches” have been added to the table title 4) Table 3-193 Softwood logs, burls, cants, crossties, stumps, sticks, branches, or wood vines change: “sticks” and “branches” have been added to the table title. (02/02/2012) (here)
• Manual for Agricultural Clearance. The Manual for Agricultural Clearance has been revised to do the following: 1) Add San Antonio International Airport to the list of airports approved by USDA to remove regulated garbage 2)Update the phone number for the Detroit, MI Identifier’s office. (02/01/2012) (here)
• Animal Product Manual. The following changes have been made to the Animal Product Manual: 1) Page 3-8-2; Table 3-8-4; Table 3-8-7; Table 3-8-8; Table 3-8-9; and Table 3-8-10 change: contact information for the CDC has been corrected 2) Figure 3-13-2 List of APHIS-Approved Italian Prosciutto (Ham) Processing Plants change: “Prosciuttificio” has been deleted from 7th row, second column; last row has been corrected 3) Figure 3-13-3 List of APHIS-Approved Italian Prosciutto (Ham) Deboning Plants change: plant numbers 23/L and 442/L have been deleted; plant numbers 649/L, 2109/L, and Y6L19 have been added 4) Figure 3-13-4 List of APHIS-Approved Italian Prosciutto (Ham) Slicing Plants change: plant numbers 649/L, 2109/L, and D9C5P have been added 5) Table H-1-2 List of PPQ-AQI-VMO change: (page 1 of 2) “Southern Florida” has been added to the first column, first cell; contact information in the third column, first cell has been corrected; “Arizona” has been added to the first column, last cell; (page 2 of 2) contact information in the second column, fourth and fifth cells has been corrected; contact information in the third column, fifth cell has been corrected. (02/01/2012) (here)
• Postentry Quarantine Manual. The following changes have been made: 1) Page 1-8 Introduction change: PEQP National Coordinator contact information has been updated 2) Page 2-7 Preparation change: PEQP National Coordinator contact information has been updated 3) Page 4-3, Page 4-7, and Page 4-8 Inspecting Postentry Quarantine Material change: PEQP National Coordinator contact information has been updated 4) Page 5-1 Description of Postentry Quarantine Material Release Procedures change: PEQP National Coordinator contact information has been updated 5) Page 6-2 Responsibilities of State and Federal Inspectors change: PEQP National Coordinator contact information has been updated 6) Appendix A Directory of PPQ Postentry Quarantine Liaison Officers change: PEQP National Coordinator contact information has been updated; Texas PEQLO information has been updated 7) Appendix C Directory of SPROs and State PEQ Contacts change: Nevada SPRO information has been updated; Pennsylvania SPRO information has been updated. (02/01/2012) (here)

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