The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will allow imports of fresh bananas from the Philippines to the continental U.S., effective Feb. 7, with some conditions. The bananas will have to be produced in accordance with a systems approach that will include requirements for importation of commercial consignments, monitoring of fruit flies to establish low-prevalence places of production, harvesting only of hard green bananas, and inspection for quarantine pests by the Filipino national plant protection organization. The bananas will also have to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate that says they were grown, packed, and inspected and found to be free of quarantine pests in accordance with the requirements.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Feb. 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 is proposing to allow imports of several citrus fruits from Uruguay, subject to certain conditions. The proposed rule would allow imports of sweet oranges (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck), lemons (C. limon (L.) Burm. f.), four types of mandarins (C. reticulata Blanco, C. clementina Hort. ex Tanaka, C. deliciosa Ten., and C. unshiu Marcow), citrus hybrids, and two types of citrus-related fruits (Fortunella. japonica (Thunb.) Swingle, and F. margarita (Lour.) Swingle). The fruit would have to be produced in accordance with a systems approach, including requirements for importation in commercial consignments, pest monitoring and pest control practices, orchard sanitation, and treatment. It would also have to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate from Uruguay’s national plant protection organization.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Feb. 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 announced changes Jan. 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.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Jan. 30 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. 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 Jan. 28 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 Plant Health and Inspection Service is proposing to allow imports of fresh apricots from continental Spain. The imports would have to meet certain conditions, including: registration of production locations and packinghouses, pest monitoring, sanitary practices, chemical and biological controls, and phytosanitary treatment. The fruit would also have to be imported in commercial consignments, with each consignment identified throughout its movement from place of production to port of entry in the U.S., APHIS said. Consignments would have to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the national plant protection organization of Spain certifying that the fruit is free from all quarantine pests and has been produced in accordance with the systems approach. Comments are due by April 1.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to allow importation of avocados from continental Spain, with some conditions. The avocados would have to be produced “in accordance with a systems approach” that would include: requirements for importing in commercial consignments; registration and monitoring of places of production and packinghouses; grove sanitation; and inspection for quarantine pests by the national plant protection organization of Spain. Consignments of avocados other than the Hass variety would also have to be treated for the Mediterranean fruit fly either prior to moving to the U.S. or upon arrival prior to release. Consignments would need to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an additional declaration stating that the avocados were grown and inspected and found to be free of pests in accordance with the proposed requirements. Comments on the APHIS proposal are due by April 1.