The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Sept. 4 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 Sept. 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 Ports of Miami and Fort Lauderdale will accept cold-treated blueberries and grapes from Peru and Uruguay beginning Oct. 1 as part of a pilot program, said the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Containers that do not pass cold treatment will be prohibited from entering the ports and will not be offloaded from vessels, APHIS said. Failed containers will be allowed transit via sea to a Northeastern port for retreatment, or they will be re-exported to the country of origin.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will on Oct. 1 begin risk-based sampling of shipments of plants for planting at the plant inspection stations in Linden, N.J.; San Juan, P.R.; Honolulu, Hawaii; and Houston, Texas. The agency will use a statistical approach to sampling imports brought through these locations, which will help focus APHIS targeting efforts and will “help in expediting the inspection process of low-risk plants entering the U.S.,” APHIS said.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Aug. 29 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 Aug. 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 Aug. 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.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Aug. 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.
New Plant Protection and Quarantine head Osama El-Lissy pledged a thorough review of the Agriculture Quarantine and Inspection program, among other trade-related initiatives, in an Aug. 20 outline of PPQ priorities for 2013 and 2014. El-Lissy also pledged more cooperation between PPQ, an agency within the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, and CBP, as well as with foreign countries like Mexico and Canada.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is updating language on two permits to clarify Lacey Act declaration requirements for plant and timber importers. The agency is adding permit condition language to PPQ Form 585 (Permit to Import Timber or Timber Products) and PPQ Form 621 (Protected Plant Permit to Engage in the Business of Importing, Exporting or Re-exporting Terrestrial Plants or Plant Products that are Protected). The forms will now include information about the requirement to submit a Lacey Act Plant and Plant Product Declaration (PPQ Form 505) when importing applicable commodities into the U.S., APHIS said. A list of commodities that currently require a Lacey Act declaration is (here).