APHIS Proposes to Allow Hass Avocado Imports From All of Mexico

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to open up the U.S. to Hass avocados from all of Mexico, in a Feb. 18 Federal Register notice. Currently, only Hass avocados from the Mexican state of Michoacan are eligible for entry into the United States. Under the APHIS proposal, the same requirements applicable to avocados from Michoacan would be extended to all states in Mexico, said APHIS. As the only other Mexican state that currently meets the import standards, Jalisco would be the first state that would be eligible to export Hass avocados to the U.S. under the proposal, it said. Comments on the proposed rule are due April 20.