The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes July 11 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 extending the comment period on its proposal to allow the importation of lemons from northwest Argentina into the continental U.S. (here), subject to certain conditions including production requirements and a phytosanitary certificate. Lemons would also have to be harvested green or treated for Medfly, APHIS said. Comments are due Aug. 10.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to allow importation of bone-in ovine meat from Uruguay, subject to certain conditions, it said (here). Uruguay requested the exemption from deboning requirements so it could export rack of lamb to the U.S., APHIS said. Comments are due Aug. 30.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to ease the approval process for cold treatment facilities in the Southern and Western U.S., it said (here). The proposed rule would set general criteria for approving cold treatment facilities across the U.S., replacing the location-specific criteria currently in place, APHIS said. “These criteria, if met, would allow us to approve new cold treatment facilities without rulemaking and facilitate the importation of fruit requiring cold treatment while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of pests of concern,” it said.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes June 27 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.
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The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes June 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 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will revise its regulations to allow for use of the International Trade Data System (ITDS), the agency said in a notice (here). Effective as of June 21, APHIS will remove requirements for paper submissions for import or export of animals, animal products, plant and plant products, it said. "The amendments we are making in this final rule are not to mandate the use of electronic systems or preclude the use of paper documents; rather, they address those instances where our regulations specify a submission method to the exclusion of other methods," APHIS said.