The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes April 25 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 April 23, the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is revising its regulations on importation of plants for planting to remove entries for plant inspection stations in New Orleans and Baltimore, and add an entry for a station in Beltsville, Md. The final rule also updates the addresses in the regulations for plant inspection stations in Florida, Guam, and Hawaii. The rule is effective April 26.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued a proposed rule that would overhaul its plants for planting regulations by moving plant-specific requirements to the Plants for Planting Manual. The removal of the requirements from the regulations would allow for a quicker notice-based process for changing conditions on importation, as opposed to the cumbersome formal rulemaking process currently used, APHIS said. The move would also make it easier to find importation requirements for importers and inspectors, by organizing conditions by the affected plant, rather than by the requirement itself. Comments on the proposed rule are due by June 24.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes April 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.
On April 23, the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes April 22 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 announced changes April 19 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 Commodity Credit Corporation said it's accepting proposals by May 28 for its 2014 Foreign Market Development Cooperator program. Under the Cooperator program, the Foreign Agricultural Service enters into agreements with eligible non-profit U.S. trade organizations to share the cost of certain overseas marketing and promotion activities. Funding authority is set to expire at the end of fiscal year 2013, so awards will not be made unless program funding is reauthorized.
The Commodity Credit Corporation said it's accepting proposals by May 28 for its 2014 Market Access Program (MAP), which is designed to create, expand, and maintain foreign markets for U.S. agricultural commodities and products through cost-share assistance. Under the MAP, the CCC enters into agreements with eligible participants to share the cost of certain overseas marketing and promotion activities. Only non-profit U.S. agricultural trade organizations, nonprofit state regional trade groups, U.S. agricultural cooperatives, and state government agencies can participate directly in the brand program. Funding authority is set to expire at the end of fiscal year 2013, so awards will not be made unless program funding is reauthorized.