The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Sept. 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 will allow importation of kiwi fruit from Chile, under a final rule that takes effect Oct. 19. To be eligible for importation, Chilean kiwis must be grown at a farm registered with the Chilean government and certified to have a low prevalence of Brevipalpus chilensis. The fruit must then be inspected and accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate that says it has been found free of Brevipalpus chilensis.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Sept. 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.
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The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Sept. 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 Sept. 9-10 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 will allow imports of fresh peppers from Peru (here), it said in a final rule that takes effect Oct. 14. Under the final rule, common chili pepper (Capsicum annuum L.), aji pepper (Capsicum baccatum L.), habanero chili (Capsicum chinense Jacq.), Thai pepper (Capsicum frutescens L.), and rocoto (Capsicum pubescens Ruiz & Pav.) will be allowed into the continental U.S. and its territories (Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Importation of Peruvian peppers will be subject to conditions including fruit fly trapping, pre-harvest inspections, production sites, and packinghouse procedures designed to exclude quarantine pests.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced it will allow imports of citrus fruit from all regions of Peru effective Sept. 14 (here). Previously, imports from only five regions were allowed entry into the continental U.S. However, after further evaluation, APHIS said the restrictions currently in place for those five regions would effectively mitigate the pest risk for citrus from all other parts of Peru.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Sept. 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 Sept. 4 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.