APHIS Allows Imports of Tomato Plantlets From Mexico

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will allow the importation of tomato plantlets from Mexico in approved growing media, it said in a final rule (here) that takes effect Nov. 2. Importation will be subject to requirements currently in place for tomato plants and for plants imported in approved growing media, said APHIS. The plantlets must also be imported into greenhouses in the continental United States. The importer or greenhouse owner will have to enter into a compliance agreement setting conditions under which the tomato plantlets can be entered and must be maintained within greenhouses, said APHIS.