A working group is meeting regularly to develop the new U.S.-Canada Greenhouse Certification Program(GCP), said the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in an update on the ongoing overhaul of the program. The GCP memorandum of understanding has been extended to permit the existing program to continue until the reform is completed. The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Canadian Food Inspection Agency are on track, said APHIS.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service amended the Select Agent and Toxin Regulations, pursuant to its third biennial review of the list, in a final rule set for publication in the Federal Register on Oct. 5. The final rule amends both the Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) list and the Veterinary Services (VS) lists of select agents and toxins. APHIS reorganized the list based on the relative potential of each agent or toxin to be misused to adversely affect human, plant, or animal health, and also made changes such as the addition of definitions and clarification of language concerning security, training , biosafety, biocontainment, and incident response.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued emails Oct. 1 announcing changes 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 issued emails Sept. 25 announcing changes 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 ACEopedia for September provides an update to progress in ACE to date. The latest version added five new agencies planned for ACE interoperability, aimed at allowing a "single window" process that would ease cargo importation and release.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued emails Sept. 25 announcing changes 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 issued emails Sept. 24 announcing changes 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 issued emails Sept. 20 announcing changes 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 issued emails Sept. 19 announcing changes 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 said it changed the port of entry status of the apple ermine moth (Yponomeuta malinellus) to non-actionable. As such, APHIS will no longer regulate apple ermine moth at ports of entry. APHIS said the action is in response to a risk management proposal to deregulate the moth circulated by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in late July. The National Plant Board concurred with the recommendation. A list of all 48 pests deregulated at the port of entry through the Federally Recognized State Managed Phytosanitary Program is available here.