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APHIS Announces Additional Entry Requirements for Canadian Roses, Berries

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced new entry requirements for Canadian strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and roses to prevent the introduction of the strawberry blossom weevil, a berry pest. Effective Sept. 14, entries of Fragaria spp., Rosa spp., and…

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Rubus spp. plants produced in Canada must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an additional declaration stating the plants have been produced and certified as having been produced in a pest-free production site for strawberry blossom weevil, and have been inspected and found free of the pest, APHIS said.