The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will reopen the comment period on its proposal to change its procedures for setting fruit and vegetable import requirements, it said in a notice (here). The September proposal (see 14090819) would allow the agency to publish a notice in the Federal Register advising the public of a change to the import requirements rather than going through the full rulemaking process. Comments are due Jan. 9.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Nov. 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 Nov. 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.
Several agencies with a more peripheral role in trade recently issued their plans for upcoming regulatory actions in the Fall 2014 Unified Agenda (here). Among rules planned by agencies include new product safety standards from the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and final changes to Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and CBP user fees for quarantine and inspection services. Meanwhile, the Food and Drug Administration continues with its implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act and Drug Supply Chain Security Act.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Nov. 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 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.