The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Dec. 28 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.
Changes to Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) listings and other import and export requirements will take effect Jan. 2 for U.S. importers and exporters of certain species, including some rosewoods, the Fish and Wildlife Service said in a recent public bulletin (here). As of Jan. 2, species added to, or deleted from, CITES Appendices I and II at the recent CITES convention in September and October (see 1610040064) will require CITES documentation as specified under the amended listings, FWS said. The import, export or re-export of shipments of these species that are accompanied by CITES documents reflecting an old listing or that lack CITES documents because no listing was previously in effect “must be completed by midnight (local time at the point of import/export)” on Jan. 1, 2017, FWS said.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Dec. 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 on Dec. 23 issued a final rule allowing importation of lemons from northwest Argentina into the continental U.S. (here). Conditions for importation include registration of places of production and packinghouses, grove sanitation and monitoring, treatment and inspection. Lemons must be harvested green or treated for Mediterranean fruit fly, and must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the Argentine government, APHIS said. The final rule takes effect Jan. 23.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Dec. 20-21 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 government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices as of Dec. 16 (some may also be given separate headlines):
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Dec. 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 announced changes Dec. 7 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 Dec. 6 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 Dec. 1 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.