APHIS Updates PPQ Manuals for July 16

Miscellaneous and Processed Products Manual: The following change has been made to the Miscellaneous and Processed Products Manual (here) to reflect up-to-date information and corrections. The specific change is listed below.

• Table 3-77 Dried fruits (diced, sectioned, segmented, sliced, or whole--with or without seeds) - language in footnote #1 has been changed

Animal Product Manual: The following changes have been made to the Animal Product Manual (here) to reflect up-to-date information and corrections. The specific changes are listed below.

Chapter 3-13 Foreign-Origin Swine Meat and Meat Products

• Figure 3-13-7 APHIS-Approved Mexican Swine Processing Plants, Fresh Swine Meat - new TIF Establishment 241 has been added

Plants for Planting Manual: The Plants for Planting Manual (here) was updated, transmittal 07/2013-21, to add new treatment schedules and to make CITES changes. Revisions, indicated by a black change bar in the left margin of each revised page, are as follows:

• Page 4-15: CITES Adenia firingalavensis and Adenia subsessilifolia added; Adenia olaboensis changed to include all propagules
• Page 4-25: New treatment for Allium sativum bulbs added
• Page 4-27, 4-28, 4-29: CITES Lilliaceae alt. to Asphodelaceae added to listed Aloe species
• Page 4-38: CITES Apostasiaceae cross-referenced to Orchidaceae; Aqularia spp. footnote changed to #14
• Page 4-51: CITES Astrophytum asterias changed to include all propagules
• Page 4-79: CITES Cactaceae spp. annotation number changed to 10
• Page 4-88: New treatment added to Castanea spp.
• Page 4-103: CITES Chrysalidocarpus decipiens cross-referenced to Dypsis decipiens
• Page 4-130: CITES Coryphanta ramillosa Coryphantha robustispina annotation removed (superseded by more restrictive ESA); Coryphantha robinnsorum c/r
• Page 4-131: CITES Cranichis ricartii annotation number removed (superseded by more restrictive ESA)
• Page 4-140: CITES Cyclamen spp. annotation number changed to 12
• Page 4-141: CITES Cymbidium spp. added
• Page 4-142: CITES Cyphostemma laza added; Cypripedium spp. annotation number changed to 11
• Page 4-145: CITES Dalbergia darienensis added
• Page 4-151: CITES Dendrobium spp. added
• Page 4-161: CITES Dipteryx panamensis cross-referenced to Dipteryx oleifera
• Page 4-166: CITES Echinocactus horizonthalonius, Echinocereus chisoensis, Echinocereus davisii annotation number removed (superseded by more restrictive ESA)
• Page 4-167: CITES Echinocereus fendleri ssp. hempelii annotation number removed (superseded by ESA); CITES Echinocereus reichenbachii spp. Fitchii annotation number changed to 10
• Page 4-169: CITES Echinopsis pachanoi annotation and footnote number added
• Page 4-181: CITES Esobaria robbinsiorum annotation number removed (superseded by more restrictive ESA)
• Page 4-187: CITES Euphorbia haeleeleana changed to include all propagules
• Page 4-211: CITES Gyrinops spp. footnote added
• Page 4-214: CITES Harrisia frangrans and Harrisia portoricensis annotation number removed (superseded by more restrictive ESA)
• Page 4-235: CITES Isotria medeoloides annotation number removed (superseded by more restrictive ESA)
• Page 4-246: New treatment for Lathrus spp. seeds added
• Page 4-247: New treatment for Lens spp. seeds added
• Page 4-248: New treatment for Lens culinaris seeds added; CITES Lepanthes spp.annotation number changed to 11; Lepanthes grantianus annotation number removed (superseded by ESA)
• Page 4-250: CITES Leptocereus spp. annotation number changed to 10; Leptocereus grantianus annotation number removed (superseded by ESA)
• Page 4-262: CITES Lophophora williamsii annotation changed to 10
• Page 4-320: CITES Nolina interrata changed to include all propagules
• Page 4-327: CITES Operculicarya decaryi added as II; Operculicarya hyphaenoides, Operculicara pachypus changed to include all propagules
• Page 4-328: CITES Opuntia spp., Opuntia aurantiaca, Opuntia basilaris var. treleasei annotation number changed to 10: Orchidaceae annotation number changed to 7
• Page 4-334: CITES Osyris lanceolata added as II
• Page 4-345: CITES Pedocactus winklerii annotation number removed
• Page 4-353: CITES Phalaenopsis spp. annotation number changed to 11
• Page 4-362: CITES Pilocereus robinii annotation number removed (superseded by more restrictive ESA)
• Page 4-363: CITES Piperia spp. annotation number changed to 11 and all propagules except seeds
• Page 4-366: CITES Platanthera spp. annotation number changed to 11; Platanthera holochila, Platanthera leucophaea, Platanthera praeclara, Platanthera yadonii annotation number removed (superseded by more restrictive ESA)
• Page 4-384: CITES Prunus africana added
• Page 4-397: New treatment for Quercus spp. seeds added
• Page 4-401: New treatment for Quercus hinckleyi seeds added
• Page 4-406: CITES Ravenea louvelii and Ravenea rivularis changed to include all propagules
• Page 4-408: CITES Rhipsalidopsis added as II
• Page 4-424: CITES Santranala decussilvae added as II
• Page 4-430: CITES Schlumbergia spp. annotation number 10 and footnote #4 added
• Page 4-436: CITES Senna meridionalis added as II
• Page 4-455: CITES Spiranthes delitescens, Spiranthes diluvialis, Spiranthes parksii annotation number removed (superseded by more restrictive ESA)
• Page 4-464: CITES Taxus cuspidata annotation number changed to 13
• Page 4-490: CITES Uncarina grandiddieri and Unicarina stellulifera added
• Page 4-495: CITES Vanda spp. added
• Page 4-500: CITES Voanioala geradii changed to include all propagules
• Page 4-503: CITES Xerosicyos pubescens and Xerosicyos tripartitus changed to include all propagules
• Page 4-505: CITES Yucca queretaroensis added
• Page 4-514: CITES Zygosicyos pubescens cross-referenced to Xerosicyos pubescens; Zygosicyos tripartitus cross-referenced to Xerosicyos tripartitus
• Page 6-2: CITES Appendices I, II, III Interpretation effective 12 June 2013 added
• Page 6-3: CITES valid from date changed to June 12, 2013. CITES Annotation to Appendices numbers related to flora (plants) changed to 10 through 13; (annotations 1-9 apply only to CITES-listed fauna (animals) footnote added
• Page 6-4: CITES footnote annotations #3 (Panax ginseng), #9 (Hoodia spp.), #12 (Gyrinops spp.) revised; #14 added

The following taxa were deleted from CITES Appendix II: Dudleya stonifera, Dudleya traskiae, Tillandisia kautskyi, Tillandsia sprengeliana, Tillandsia sucrei. Formatting changes have also been made throughout the manual.

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