The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to relax requirements for the importation of cattle from the Mexican state of Sonora, after finding the region free of fever ticks. Under the proposal, cattle imported from Sonora would no longer be required to undergo acaricide dipping treatment, and documentation associated with dipping would also no longer be necessary. Comments are due Sept. 15.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes July 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.
The zoning modifications in the recent Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service-Canadian Food Inspection Agency draft operational plan for highly contagious foreign animal disease outbreaks would facilitate continued trade between non-infected areas of the U.S. and Canada during an outbreak, said the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) in July 14 comments on the draft framework. APHIS published the draft in May (see 14051223). The framework requires both countries to establish and recognize quarantined “areas of control,” while allowing trade between non-infected zones.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes July 10 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 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 extend its risk-based sampling procedures at plant inspection stations in Seattle, Los Angeles (El Segundo), Atlanta, Miami (air cargo), and Jamaica, New York beginning on Aug. 4, it said in an emailed bulletin. The agency will then proceed to implement risk-based sampling at plant inspections in Miami (maritime cargo), San Francisco (air cargo) and Los Indios, Texas beginning on Sept. 2, it said. Beginning on those dates, APHIS will use sampling rates and methods that consider input from affected industries to minimize adverse effects on commerce, it said.
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 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 July 2 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 June 27 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.