The Animal and Health Plant Inspection Service has updated its guidance on Special Use Codes for the Lacey Act Declaration for imported plants and plant products. According to APHIS sources, this new guidance consolidates three previous guidance documents on this topic, adds new information, and emphasizes the need for importers to exercise “due care” before using Special Use Codes (they should not be used as a catch-all).
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has announced the following recent updates in its Animal Export Regulations History:
The Office of Management and Budget has approved an Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service final rule to establish a new category of "regulated articles" in the regulations governing the importation of nursery stock, also known as plants for planting. This category will list taxa of plants for planting whose importation is not authorized pending pest risk analysis. This new category will allow APHIS to take prompt action on evidence that the importation of a taxon of plants for planting poses a risk while continuing to allow for public participation in the process.
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Various U.S. government agencies are seeking comments on the following information collections for which they have requested or intend to request Office of Management and Budget approval or extension of approval (see notices for specific details):
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has updated the following PPQ electronic manuals as of April 21, 2011 (since April 14, 2011):
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget extend approval of an information collection, "Importation of Poultry Meat and Other Poultry Products From Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico," for an additional three years. Comments on this information collection are due by June 20, 2011.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public of its decision to authorize the importation into the continental U.S. of fresh rambutan fruit (Nephelium lappaceum) from Malaysia and Vietnam. Based on the findings of a pest risk analysis, APHIS believes that the application of one or more designated phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds.
Various U.S. government agencies are seeking comments on the following information collections for which they have requested or intend to request Office of Management and Budget approval or extension of approval (see notices for specific details):
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has announced the following recent updates in its Animal Export Regulations History: