APHIS to Allow Some Cold-Treated Fruits Into South Florida Ports Beginning Oct. 1
The Ports of Miami and Fort Lauderdale will accept cold-treated blueberries and grapes from Peru and Uruguay beginning Oct. 1 as part of a pilot program, said the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Containers that do not pass cold treatment will be prohibited from entering the ports and will not be offloaded from vessels, APHIS said. Failed containers will be allowed transit via sea to a Northeastern port for retreatment, or they will be re-exported to the country of origin.
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The pilot will last six months, APHIS said, after which the agency will decide whether to allow cold-treated commodities to enter South Florida in the future. APHIS said it is now accepting applications for these commodities (here). The pilot doesn’t affect existing preclearance programs for grapes and blueberries from Peru and Uruguay.