The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes May 3 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.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to allow imports of fresh jackfruit, pineapple and starfruit from Malaysia into the continental U.S. The fruits would have to be irradiated for insect pests, inspected, and imported in commercial consignments. Each fruit would also be subject to its own additional requirements for associated pests, APHIS said. Comments on the proposed rule are due by July 6.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is asking for comments by July 5 on its findings that 59 types of plants for planting are either quarantine pests or hosts of quarantine pests, and should therefore be added to APHIS' lists of taxa of plants for planting whose importation is Not Authorized Pending Pest Risk Analysis (NAPPRA). APHIS said 37 of the plants are quarantine pests, and another 22 are hosts of nine quarantine pests.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes May 2 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.
On May 2, the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Food Safety and Inspection Service revised export requirements and plant lists for the following countries for April 27 - May 2:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes May 1 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.
On May 1, the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
On April 30, the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is asking for comments by July 1 on a proposed rule that would allow imports of beans from Jordan into the continental U.S. The proposal covers fresh French, green, snap, and string beans, either shelled or in pods. As a condition for entry would include requirements for packing, washing, and processing, and the beans would have to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate from the Jordanian government.