APHIS to Begin Issuing Import Permits for Strawberries from Egypt
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will begin issuing permits for importation of fresh strawberries from Egypt to the continental U.S., subject to certain conditions, it said in a Federal Register notice set for publication Feb. 27. To mitigate…
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the risk of pest or weed introduction, the fruit may be imported in commercial consignments only, and will be subject to inspection at the U.S. port of entry. Each consignment will also have to be inspected by Egypt’s national plant protection organization, and be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate declaring the inspection found the strawberries free of Chrysodeixis chalcites, Eutetranychus orientalis, and Spodoptera littoralis.