The Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The Government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices from February 14, 2011:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the regulations governing the importation of nursery stock to prohibit the importation of propagative seed of several Rutaceae genera from certain countries where citrus greening or citrus variegated chlorosis (CVC) is present. The interim rule also required propagative seed of these genera from all other countries to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an additional declaration that neither citrus greening nor CVC are known to occur in the country where the seed was produced. (See ITT's Online Archives or 04/07/10 news, 10040799, for BP summary of the interim final rule.)
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has updated the following PPQ electronic manuals as of February 10, 2011 (since February 2, 2011):
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued a proposed rule to amend the regulations governing the importation of animals and animal products to add Estonia, Hungary, Slovakia, and Slovenia to the region of the European Union that APHIS recognizes as a low-risk region for classical swine fever (CSF). APHIS also proposes to add Estonia, Slovakia, and Slovenia to the list of regions we consider free of swine vesicular disease (SVD) and to add Slovakia and Slovenia to the list of regions considered free of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and rinderpest, among other things. Comments are due by April 12, 2011.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued an alert stating that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has requested that APHIS Veterinary Services no longer preface export certification statements for veterinary products with a reference to a notarized affidavit. With the exception of letterhead certificates posted on the International Animal Products Regulations (IREGs) page for Canada (e.g., Processed Pet Food), all certificates endorsed by APHIS/VS for the export of animal products to Canada must be prefaced using the following language: “I, the undersigned official veterinarian, after due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, do hereby certify:”.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued an industry alert announcing that effective February 7, 2011, it is amending its National Agriculture Release Program (NARP) by adding and removing certain program commodities.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has updated the following PPQ electronic manuals as of February 2, 2011 (since January 26, 2011):
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued a notice advising the public that it has prepared a pest risk analysis that evaluates the risks associated with the importation of fresh litchi from the Republic of South Africa into the continental U.S. Based on that analysis, APHIS has concluded 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 via the importation of litchi from the Republic of South Africa. Comment are due by April 4, 2011.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has updated the following PPQ electronic manuals as of January 26, 2011 (since January 19, 2011):