The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes May 2 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 asking for comments by July 5 on its findings that 59 types of plants for planting are either quarantine pests or hosts of quarantine pests, and should therefore be added to APHIS' lists of taxa of plants for planting whose importation is Not Authorized Pending Pest Risk Analysis (NAPPRA). APHIS said 37 of the plants are quarantine pests, and another 22 are hosts of nine quarantine pests.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes May 1 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 asking for comments by July 1 on a proposed rule that would allow imports of beans from Jordan into the continental U.S. The proposal covers fresh French, green, snap, and string beans, either shelled or in pods. As a condition for entry would include requirements for packing, washing, and processing, and the beans would have to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate from the Jordanian government.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is asking for comments by July 1 on its proposal to allow imports of female squash flowers from Israel into the continental U.S. As a condition of entry, the flowers would be subject to a systems approach that would include requirements for pest exclusion at the production site and fruit fly trapping and monitoring, APHIS said. They would also need to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the Israeli government.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said it will allow imports of fresh Barhi dates from Israel, effective May 2. As conditions of importation, the dates may be imported in commercial consignments only, must be treated in accordance with 7 CFR 305 for C. capitata, and must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the Israeli government.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued a final rule creating a single “controlled import permit” for authorization to import prohibited or restricted plant material for experimental, therapeutic, or developmental purposes. Effective May 31, the new permit will replace requirements for departmental permits in some cases, but APHIS-specified administrative instructions or conditions in others. The final rule adopts an October 2012 proposed rule with changes (see 11102453). According to APHIS, the new permit system “will consolidate and harmonize the conditions for obtaining authorization for the importation of otherwise prohibited or restricted plant material for scientific or certain other purposes.”
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes April 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.
CBP’s delay in funding future border surveillance technology and the agency’s clarification of unobligated user fee account balances helped the Department of Homeland Security’s progress to streamline programs, reduce waste and cut costs, but much more work remains to be done, according to a Government Accountability Office report released April 26. Since 2011, GAO has recommended 42 steps DHS should take to eliminate fragmentation, overlap and high costs. The April 26 report said that five of those steps have been addressed, 24 have been “partially addressed,” meaning at least one action needed in that area showed some progress, but not all actions were addressed. Thirteen of the steps have not been addressed at all.
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.