APHIS Bans Fruit and Vegetable Imports From Dominican Republic After Fruit Flies Detected
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued a federal order on March 18 (here) prohibiting imports of 18 fruits and vegetables from the Dominican Republic. Effective immediately, imports of avocado; clementine; grape; grapefruit; lemon; litchi; longan; mamey (sapote); mandarin;…
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orange; papaya; pepper; pummelo; tangelo; tangerine; tomato; and tuna (cactus fruit) will not be allowed from the Caribbean country. Imports of mango will be restricted to commercial consignments that have gone through the APHIS hot water treatment preclearance program. APHIS is also prohibiting overland in-bond transit movements of these fruits and vegetables south of 39° latitude. The agency said the ban comes after multiple detections of Medfly in the Punta Cana region of the Dominican Republic.