The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Aug. 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 is proposing to allow imports of fresh papayas from Peru. Conditions would include requirements for approved production locations, field sanitation, hot water treatment, procedures for packing and shipping, and fruit fly trapping. Only commercial consignments would be allowed in, and they would need to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate from Peru’s national plant protection organization. Only the Solo cultivar of papayas would be allowed. Comments are due by Oct. 8.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Aug. 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.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Aug. 5 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.
An online submission tool for Lacey Act declarations is on its way in late 2013, according to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. The Lacey Act Web Governance System (LAWGS) will allow submission of Lacey Act Plant and Product Declarations (PPQ Form 505) electronically online, without needing to mail in a paper declaration, the agency said. The tool will also save commonly used declaration data in templates for “quick and easy future submissions,” said APHIS.
Then Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service warned U.S. exporters of eight types of plants to Canada to be careful about where those plants came from, after Canada added 122 types of plants to its not authorized pending plant risk analysis (NAPPRA) list on July 29. While most of the U.S. and Canadian NAPPRA lists are harmonized, the following plants may enter the U.S. from some countries that are prohibited for entry into Canada: Cotoneaster spp., Datura spp., Ficus spp., Hedera spp., Pinus spp., Quercus spp., Rosa spp., and Rubus spp. Those types of plants legally imported into the U.S. from certain countries may then be refused entry into Canada.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes July 31 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.
CBP will host a Trade Fair to provide members of the trade community to speak one-on-one with representatives from U.S. and Canadian agencies that regulate imports and exports, CBP said in a trade information notice. The event will be Aug. 21 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Federal Center South, 4735 East Marginal Way S, Seattle, Wash.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes July 18 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 July 18 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.