CBP posted filing instructions within the Automated Commercial Environment for participating government agencies:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to allow the importation of tomato plantlets from Mexico in approved growing media (here). Importation would be subject to requirements currently in place for tomato plants and for plants imported in approved growing media, said APHIS. The plantlets would have to be imported into greenhouses in the continental United States. The importer or greenhouse owner would have to enter into a compliance agreement setting conditions under which the tomato plantlets can be entered and must be maintained within greenhouses, said APHIS. Comments are due May 4.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is withdrawing proposed regulations on the importation of genetically engineered organisms (here). The 2008 proposed rule would have set explicit procedures for the issuance and modification of permits for importation of GE products (see 08101635). APHIS received over 88,000 comments on the proposed rule, with some saying the regulations needed to be more rigorous and others saying it didn’t go far enough, said the agency. APHIS will instead pursue “alternative policy approaches,” and will soon begin a series of webinars to allow stakeholders to provide feedback, it said.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Feb. 26 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. 25 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. 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 Mexican state of Sonora is free of cattle fever ticks, so live cattle and other ruminants imported from Sonora will no longer be subject to acaricide dipping requirements, said the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in a final rule that takes effect March 30. Acaricide dipping documentation requirements required to import live cattle and other ruminants from Sonora are also being eliminated, said APHIS.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing sweeping changes to its regulations on the export of live animals, hatching eggs, and animal germplasm. The proposed rule (here) would “remove most of the requirements for export health certifications, tests, and treatments from the regulations, and instead would direct exporters to follow the requirements of the importing country regarding such processes and procedures,” said APHIS. Export health certificate requirements would be maintained for livestock, and would be required for eggs and germplasm if mandated by the importing country. APHIS would also allow, in some cases, pre-export inspection to occur at facilities other than an export inspection facility at the port of export. Comments on the proposed rule are due April 27.
On Feb. 18 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Feb. 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.