APHIS Updates PPQ Manuals for May 23
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes May 23 to Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) electronic manuals. While some changes are minor, other changes may affect the admissibility of the plant products, including fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
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Treatment Manual: The Treatment Manual (here) was revised. The reason for the revision was to add treatment schedules to the chapter T200-Schedules for Propagative Plant Material. The new schedules are methyl bromide treatments conducted at normal atmospheric pressure, and are alternatives to vacuum chamber fumigations. The schedules are:
- T202-j-1 (garlic)
- T203-e-1 (chestnuts and acorns)
- T203-c-1 (seeds of leguminosae, excluding seeds of Vicia spp.)
The changes are located on pages 5-3-23, 5-3-29, and 5-3-36. The table of contents and index have been updated accordingly.
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