The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adding Moldova to its list of regions subject to import restrictions on pork and pork products because they are affected by African swine fever, it said (here). Restrictions take effect retroactively to Oct. 4, 2016.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing major changes to its regulations on importation, interstate movement and release of genetically engineered (GE) organisms. The proposed rule (here) would modify current definitions of what is a GE organism, as well as the criteria used by APHIS to judge whether it regulates GE organisms based on the risk of introduction of plant pests or noxious weeds. Time-limited import permits would be eliminated, as would current notification procedures. Record-keeping requirements would be increased. Comments on the proposal are due May 19.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will allow importation of fresh star apple fruit from Vietnam into the continental U.S., it said in a notice (here) announcing its decision. Importation will be subject to conditions to mitigate risks of introducing plant pests or noxious weeds, APHIS said. The notice takes effect Jan. 19.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to overhaul its regulations on importation and interstate movements of plant pests. The agency’s proposed rule (here) would codify and clarify existing permitting procedures, and create new lists of exempt plant pests and biological control organisms that APHIS determines present no risk to plants and plant products. The proposed rule would also set new packaging requirements for plant pests, biological control agents and soil, and revise APHIS’s regulations on importation of soil, stone and quarry products. Comments on the proposal are due March 20.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Jan. 13 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 reopening the comment period until Feb. 16 on a recent proposed rule to allow imports of Haas avocados from Colombia into the continental U.S., it said (here). Under the proposed rule, issued in October (see 1610260019), APHIS would set conditions on importation including monitoring of places of production and packinghouses; pest-free places of production; grove sanitation, monitoring and pest control practices; lot identification; and inspection for quarantine pests in Colombia. Haas avocados from Colombia would also have to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate from the Colombian government.
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.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Jan. 9 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. 3 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 Fish and Wildlife Service will take a “case-by-case” approach to shipments of rosewoods and other wood species arriving after Jan. 2 without newly required Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species documentation, said Craig Hoover, chief of the FWS Division of Management Authority, during a webinar hosted in early December by the International Wood Products Association (here).