The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Jan. 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 Jan. 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.
CBP issued a final rule making technical corrections and clarifying how the agency collects user fees for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service from commercial trucks. The Jan. 24 Federal Register notice clarifies that transponders have replaced decals for commercial truck user fees and notes that the online system for obtaining transponders and decals was renamed the Decal and Transponder Online Procurement System. CBP also said the decal system, part of which was run by a private bank under contract, is now run completely by the agency.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Jan. 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 reminded importers and exporters that effective Jan. 18 imports of sand pears from China are authorized, as are exports of U.S. pears to China from California, Oregon, and Washington. Authorization was granted by a December final rule, following agreement between APHIS and regulatory counterparts from China. Import permits will not be issued for sand pears from China until program phytosanitary requirements are finalized, APHIS said.
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. 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. 15 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 deregulating eight more pests at the port of entry, after the National Plant Board agreed with its proposals to change their status to non-actionable. The eight deregulated pests include (pests marked by an asterisk are still quarantine pests in Hawaii and/or territories):
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Jan. 10 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.