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APHIS to Allow Fresh Table Beet Root Imported From UK

USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is allowing the importation of fresh table beet root (Beta vulgaris L.) for consumption from the U.K., it said. APHIS will allow fresh table beet root imports effective Sept. 27, it said in…

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a notice. "Based on findings of a pest risk analysis, which we made available to the public for review and comment through a previous notice, we have determined that the application of one or more designated phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via the importation of fresh table beet root from the United Kingdom," APHIS said.