The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes May 2 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 Senate Appropriations Committee on May 19 approved a fiscal year 2017 agriculture spending bill, including some provisions that differ from its House counterpart. The Senate bill requires citrus disease inspections in Argentina, allocates $7.5 million more for import-related Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) implementation and $3.4 million more for food safety, and directs an interagency shrimp import pilot program. Senate appropriators cleared and released hard copies of the legislation immediately following full committee markup. The committee adopted two amendments proposed by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, outlining new protocols for seafood labeling (see 1605190040). The Senate and House bills now await floor consideration.
On July 23, CBP will begin requiring filing in ACE of entries and entry summaries for most remaining entry types, including entry types with quota merchandise, it said in a notice set for publication in the Federal Register (here). As of that date, ACE cargo release and entry summary will be mandatory for entry types 02, 07, 12, 21, 22, 31, 32, 34, 38, 61, 62, 63, 69 and 70, said CBP. The legacy Automated Commercial System (ACS) will no longer be available. Entry types 01, 03, 06, 11, 23, 51 and 52 are already set to become mandatory (and in some cases, already have) by that date.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes May 18 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 May 16-17 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 and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service have come to an agreement where FWS will inspect and clear import and export shipments containing any wildlife species, that also include non-living plant species listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), said FWS (here). FWS said there had been a “recurring issue” over which agency, FWS or APHIS, inspects and clears shipments including both wildlife and CITES-listed plants.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced on May 13 (here) its intention to recognize Malta as free of swine vesicular disease, African swine fever, foot-and-mouth disease, and rinderpest, and low risk for classical swine fever. If these determinations are finalized, APHIS may loosen restrictions on the importation of pork and pork products from Malta. Comments are due July 12.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes May 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 announced changes May 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 May 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.