APHIS Updates PPQ Manuals for Oct. 20-23
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Oct. 20-23 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, 10/2015-84. Revisions, indicated by a black change bar in the left margin of each revised page, are as follows:
- Page 2-16: Added to Table 2-8, hibiscus and okra if contaminants; separated plant contaminant is not identifiable
- Page 2-9: Changed last row of Table 2-9 to other than listed in
- Page 3-27, Hibiscus (Hibiscus spp.): Revised first sentence; added is intended to first row; added new second row for is a contaminant/inspect and release
- Page 3-43, Oka (Abelmoschus spp.): Revised first sentence; added is intended to first row; added new second row for is a contaminant/inspect and release; changed footnote first row from that to and
FAVIR and Fruits and Vegetables Manual: FAVIR (here) and the Fruits and Vegetables Manual (here) have been updated to align with Docket No. APHIS-2015-0012 published October 23, 2015, and effective immediately. Changes in the manual are located on pages 3-157 and 3-158.
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