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).
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.