On Feb. 27 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Feb. 27 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 Feb. 26 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Feb. 26 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 Feb. 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.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service, along with the Food and Drug Administration, will hold a meeting March 12 in College Park, Md., to discuss and get comments on U.S. positions for the upcoming Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods session, to be in Moscow in April. Agenda items include proposed maximum residue levels, new and revised codes of practice to prevent contamination of various foods, guidelines for radionuclides in food, and a priority list of contaminants and naturally occurring toxicants. Participation by teleconference will be available by calling 1-888-858-2144, passcode 6208658. The meeting begins at 10 a.m. ET.
On Feb. 22-25 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will begin issuing permits for importation of fresh strawberries from Egypt to the continental U.S., subject to certain conditions, it said in a Federal Register notice set for publication Feb. 27. To mitigate the risk of pest or weed introduction, the fruit may be imported in commercial consignments only, and will be subject to inspection at the U.S. port of entry. Each consignment will also have to be inspected by Egypt’s national plant protection organization, and be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate declaring the inspection found the strawberries free of Chrysodeixis chalcites, Eutetranychus orientalis, and Spodoptera littoralis.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service revised export requirements and plant lists for the following countries for Feb. 15-21:
On Feb. 20 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports: