APHIS to Allow Hass Avocado Imports From All Mexican States, Starts With Jalisco
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will allow imports of Hass avocados from all Mexican states into the continental U.S., Hawaii and Puerto Rico, it said in a final rule (here). Previously, only imports from the Mexican state of…
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Michoacan had been allowed. Imports from each Mexican state must meet all the requirements currently in place for Michoacan avocados, including requirements for orchard certification, traceback labeling, pre-harvest orchard surveys, orchard sanitation, post-harvest safeguards, fruit cutting and inspection at the packinghouse, port of arrival inspection, and clearance activities. Jalisco, being the only state that currently meets those requirements, is the first state, besides Michoacan, that APHIS is declaring eligible, it said. The final rule takes effect June 26.