The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service again amended requirements for importation of fresh blueberries from Chile to allow for fumigation at more ports of entry, as it attempts to contain the spread of European Grapevine Moth (EGVM) (Lobesia botrana) recently found in Chilean blueberry orchards (see 13122616). Effective Jan. 17, APHIS will allow fumigation with methyl bromide upon arrival at the maritime Ports of New York/New Jersey and Los Angeles, in addition to the Ports of Long Beach, Miami, Wilmington and Philadelphia already tapped for fumigation in an earlier notice (see 14011012). Alternatively, for shipments from regions other than VI, VIII, or VIII (O’Higgins, Maule, and Bio Bio), APHIS will continue to require increased preclearance inspection at the port of export.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Jan. 16 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 Jan. 14 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 vacuum fumigation chamber at the Miami Plant Inspection Station will be decommissioned on Feb. 17, said the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. The annual cost to maintain the chamber is “substantial,” but 99% of the fumigations performed in the chamber in fiscal year 2013 were done in natural atmospheric pressure and did not require a vacuum, said the agency’s Jan. 15 announcement. Vacuum fumigations can instead be performed by PPQ-approved fumigation contractors in close proximity to the Miami station, said APHIS. Removing the vacuum fumigation chamber will increase warehouse space at the Miami inspection station, and will result in a safer work environment without the need for methyl bromide gas storage, it said.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Jan. 13 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 Jan. 9 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 amending entry requirements for fresh blueberries from Chile. The agency on Dec. 24 began requiring methyl bromide fumigation of blueberry imports from Chilean regions VI, VII and VIII (O'Higgins, Maule, and Bio Bio). In response to a request from Chile's Servicio Agricola Ganadero, APHIS on Jan. 9 said it will also allow fumigation to occur at the Ports of Elizabeth, N.J.; Long Beach, Calif.; Miami, Fla.; Wilmington, Del.; and Philadelphia, Pa. APHIS also clarified that shipments that aren’t from the affected Chilean regions and don’t require fumigation will still be subject to an increased rate of inspection at the port of export. The requirements were initially put in place to prevent the spread of European Grapevine Moth (EGVM) (Lobesia botrana) recently found in Chilean blueberry orchards, said APHIS (see 13122616.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Jan. 8 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 Jan. 7 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 Jan. 6 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.