The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued a correction (here) to its recently amended regulations on the packaging and labeling of veterinary biological products. The agency's Aug. 30 final rule, which changed format and content requirements for veterinary biologics labels (see 1608300041), "inadvertently removed a requirement for an indications statement that should appear on final container labels, carton labels, and enclosures," APHIS said. APHIS is now adding the requirement back into the regulations, it said.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Oct. 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.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will, effective Nov. 1, allow incineration as a secure disposal option for non-compliant dunnage from maritime cargo at U.S. ports of entry if there is access to an APHIS-approved incineration facility, it said (here). The policy change will allow CBP to “more effectively address potential pest risks presented by the dunnage,” APHIS said. Previously, incineration or waste facilities were required to have a compliance agreement with APHIS to destroy and dispose of non-compliant dunnage, it said. “Transportation companies, shipping lines, and port authorities must have a compliance agreement with CBP to safeguard, manipulate, or transport non-compliant dunnage. To request a compliance agreement, contact your local APHIS or CBP office,” APHIS said.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to allow importation from Taiwan of orchids of the genus Dendrobium in approved growing media, subject to certain growing, inspection and certification requirements, it said (here), Currently, Dendrobium orchid plants can only be imported into the U.S. from Taiwan as bare root plant, APHIS said. Comments are due Dec. 27.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is to allow imports of Haas avocados from Colombia into the continental U.S., subject to certain conditions, it said (here). Under the proposed rule, eligibility requirements would include 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, APHIS said. Comments are due Dec. 27.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending its regulations to clarify certificate requirements for exports of animals (other than livestock), animal semen, animal embryos, hatching eggs, other embryonated eggs or gametes, in a final rule (here). If the importing country requires “an export health certificate endorsed by the competent veterinary authority of the United States,” these products will only be eligible for export if they have an export health certificate endorsed by APHIS, the agency said. Its recently amended regulations only specified that the export health certificate be endorsed by the “competent veterinary authority” of the U.S. (see 1601200011), causing some confusion over which U.S. agency must endorse it, APHIS said.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Oct. 18-19 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 Oct. 14 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 Oct. 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.