On May 11 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes May 11 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.
On May 10 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes May 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 is proposing to allow the importation of lemons from northwest Argentina into the continental U.S. (here), subject to certain conditions including production requirements and a phytosanitary certificate. Lemons would also have to be harvested green or treated for Medfly, said APHIS. Comments are due July 11.
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.
On May 6-9 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Agricultural Marketing Service is proposing to revise its U.S. Standards for Grades of Cauliflower to provide for grading of purple, orange and green cauliflower and change size requirements (here). Comments are due July 8.
On May 5 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Agricultural Marketing Service is amending its Standards for Grades of Canned Baked Beans to reflect current banned baked bean manufacturing practices, it said (here). The agency is also creating separate standard documents for canned dried beans, canned pork and beans and canned baked beans, it said. The changes take effect June 8.