APHIS Asks for Comments on Importation of Oranges and Tangerines from Egypt
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is asking for comments by June 17 on whether it should allow importation of oranges and tangerines from Egypt. Based on a commodity import evaluation on the issue for public comment, the agency thinks certain phytosanitary measures would mitigate any pest risk, it said.
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In the same Federal Register notice, APHIS said it prepared a treatment evaluation document that describes a new treatment schedule for peach fruit fly and Mediterranean fruit fly in oranges and tangerines.
(Federal Register 04/18/13)