APHIS Moves Toward Allowing Imports of Citrus Fruit From China

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service may allow the importation of certain citrus fruits from China, it said in a notice. The agency has issued a draft pest risk analysis that recommends imports of pomelo, Nanfeng honey mandarin, ponkan, sweet orange, and Satsuma mandarin be allowed, with certain conditions including an import permit, phytosanitary certificate from the Chinese government, registration of production locations and packinghouses, and port of entry inspections, among other things. Comments on the draft pest risk analysis are due July 1.