APHIS Updates PPQ Manuals for June 8
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes June 8 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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Seeds Not for Planting: The Seeds Not for Planting Manual (here) has been updated, 06/2015-77. Revisions, indicated by a black change bar in the left margin of each revised page, are as follows:
- Page 3-10: Added a footnote to husk
- Page 3-11: Moved figures of coconut cross sections to the same page; added husk includes epicarp and mesocarp to a figure title
- Page 3-12: Added a footnote to husk in Table 3-7
- Page 3-13: Added a footnote to husk in Table 3-8
- Page 3-39: Added a new company and revised the name of an existing niger (Guizotia abyssinica) seed facility
- Page 3-40: Deleted a name
- Page 3-41: Revised the name and address of an existing facility for heat treatment of niger seed; added a new facility's name and address; added certification end date for both facilities
- Page 3-52: Deleted a name
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