The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes July 24 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 July 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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will hold a public webcast on Sept. 16 to discuss import and export regulations for infectious biological agents, infectious substances, and vectors, and import and export exemptions (here). The webcast will also include officials from other agencies, including the Department of Transportation, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Commerce Department, Food and Drug Administration, and CBP. Registration instructions are available (here).
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes July 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 July 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.
The House passed agriculture appropriations legislation for Fiscal Year 2016 on July 8, and the bill includes an amendment (here) to ban Brazilian and Argentine beef imports until the Agriculture Department makes further evaluations of the risk of foot and mouth disease. The legislation would force Agriculture to conduct a “comprehensive risk evaluation that includes quantitative risk assessment of importing beef produced in Argentina and Brazil.” The bill would also require additional Agriculture visits to slaughtering and processing facilities in both countries. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service amended its regulations in recent days to pave the way for those imports (see 1507010024). The new regulations apply to the Brazilian states of Bahia, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, Rondônia, São Paulo, Sergipe, and Tocantins, as well as the Argentine region north of Patagonia South and Patagonia North B.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes July 7 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 July 6 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 July 1 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 amending its regulations to allow the importation of fresh (chilled or frozen) beef from Northern Argentina and parts of Brazil, in two final rules. A final rule (here) that takes effect Aug. 31 will allow importation of beef from the Brazilian states of Bahia, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, Rondônia, São Paulo, Sergipe, and Tocantins. A second final rule that takes effect the following day (here) allows importation of beef from the Argentine region north of Patagonia South and Patagonia North B. Importation of fresh beef from both regions will only be allowed under the same conditions currently in place for beef from Uruguay.