The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Oct. 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 is asking for comments by Dec. 15 on a proposal to allow importation of kiwi fruit from Chile. Under the agency’s proposed rule, kiwis would have to be grown at a farm registered with the Chilean government and certified to have a low prevalence of Brevipalpus chilensis. The fruit would then have to be inspected and issued a phytosanitary certificate that it has been found free of the Brevipalpus chilensis.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will allow importation of chipilin leaves and edible flowers of chufle, izote, and pacaya from Guatemala into the continental U.S., it said in a notice that takes effect Oct. 16. In order to qualify, each shipment must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate from the Guatemalan government, and will be subject to inspection at the U.S. port of entry.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Oct. 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 will allow the importation of bananas from the Philippines into Hawaii and two U.S. territories in the Pacific, it said in a final rule that takes effect Nov. 10. Under the new regulations, Philippine bananas may be imported into Hawaii, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands provided they are monitored and inspected for fruit flies and accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate from the government of the Philippines. Only hard green bananas may be harvested, and they must be shipped in commercial consignments. APHIS authorized importation of Philippine bananas into the continental U.S. under similar restrictions in February 2013 (see 13020620).
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Oct. 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 Oct. 3 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 Oct. 1-3 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. 30 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 opening up more of the Philippines to importers of mangoes into the continental U.S., after expanding the area it deems to be free of mango seed weevil and mango pulp weevil in a final rule issued Oct. 1. The agency is also lowering the dose of irradiation required as treatment for mango pulp weevil. The final rule takes effect Oct. 1.