The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Nov. 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 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Nov. 19 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 to its permitting procedures that it says will allow for quicker processing (here). For permit applications that are processed as draft permits with conditions, applicants must now respond to the conditions of the draft permit within 30 days, indicating either that they accept the conditions or that they cannot meet them. Processing time can be decreased by responding as soon as possible, said APHIS. If the agency does not receive a response within 30 days, it will void the permit application, although applicants can reopen a voided permit application by contacting the relevant office, it said. APHIS will notify users of ePermits by email to access the system and enter responses to the conditions. Applicants that do not use ePermits will have to print the permit form and return it to APHIS. APHIS also announced it will begin emailing all newly issued permits in PDF format on Nov. 28 (here).
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Nov. 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 Nov. 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.
Correction: The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service on Nov. 10 said it will extend until Jan. 9 the deadline for comments on a proposed change to its procedures for setting fruit and vegetable import requirements (see 1411100051).
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said it will extend until Jan. 9 the deadline for comments on a proposed change to its procedures for setting fruit and vegetable import requirements, in a message to stakeholders emailed Nov. 10 (here). Under the proposed rule, issued in September, APHIS would no longer go through a normal rulemaking process for changes to import requirements (see 14090819). Instead, the agency would simply publish a notice in the Federal Register advising the public of the change. APHIS would still give the public a chance to comment before changes are made through publication of a “pest risk analysis” document detailing the agency’s scientific rationale.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Nov. 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 Nov. 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.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Nov. 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.