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APHIS to Allow Imports of Fresh Avocado From Ecuador

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is will allow importation of fresh avocado fruit from continental Ecuador into the continental United States, it said. Conditions for importation include a systems approach with production site registration, field sanitation, packinghouse procedures…

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designed to exclude the quarantine pests and procedures for packing, storing and shipping the avocado fruit. Shipments must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate from the Ecuadorean government. Imports of Ecuadorean avocados are authorized as of May 26.