APHIS Updates PPQ Manuals for May 9
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes May 9 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.
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Fruits and Vegetables. The Fruits and Vegetables Manual (here) and the Fruits and Vegetables Import Requirements (FAVIR) database (here) have been updated for the following reasons:
- Revise the import conditions for tomato from Aruba (Federal Order DA-2016-27, issued 05/05/16 and effective immediately.)
- Add blackberry and raspberry (Rubus glaucus and R. idaeus) to the list of admissible commodities from Ecuador (Docket ID: APHIS-2014-0085, effective 05/09/16). NOTE: At this time, import permits will not be issued. Until program requirements are finalized, the commodities will not be authorized entry into the United States.
Changes in the manual are located on pages 3-22, 3-99, and 3-100.
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