The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes March 16 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 Canadian Food Inspection Agency will delay implementation of new import requirements for the European grapevine moth, said the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in a March 16 bulletin (here). CFIA plans to begin enforcement on April 11 for grapes and blueberries from all locations, and on July 1 for all other regulated commodities from all locations, said APHIS. APHIS said in December the new requirements should have minimal effect on U.S. exports, but could affect U.S. reexports (see 1512020030).
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes March 14-15 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 March 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 asking for comments on its plans to allow importation of fresh figs (here) and pomegranates (here) from Peru into the continental United States. APHIS said it has completed a pest risk analysis and found that application of several phytosanitary measures would suffice to prevent the introduction of harmful pests. Comments on the pest risk analyses are due May 13. If APHIS’ pest risk analyses remain unchanged after considering comments, the agency will allow importation of fresh figs and pomegranates from Peru, it said.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued a list (here) of ongoing international sanitary and phytosanitary standard-setting activities of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), the Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), and the North American Plant Protection Organization (NAPPO). Comments on the standards being considered may be submitted at any time, said APHIS.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes March 8 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 March 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 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Feb. 29 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.
CBP formally spelled out its revised timeline for making the Automated Commercial Environment the sole Electronic Data Interchange for providing import data required by CBP and some other agencies in a notice (here). The notice follows CBP's recent decision to delay some mandatory use dates for ACE following readiness concerns (see 1602080042). "While significant progress has been made, continued concerns about trade readiness have necessitated an updated timeline for the mandatory transition to ACE for electronic entry and entry summary filing," said CBP. "As a result, CBP has developed a staggered transition strategy, to give the trade additional time to adjust their business practices and complete programming for entry and entry summary filing in ACE."