On July 15 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
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.
On July 14 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend its regulations on importation of animals and animal products to remove import restrictions on sheep and goats related to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The agency’s proposed rule would remove BSE-related restrictions on imports of live sheep and goats, including through regulations that would allow for importation of live sheep and goats from anywhere in the world, as well as sheep and goat products including meat, byproducts and germ plasm. The proposal would also impose new BSE-related restrictions on importation of certain ruminants held in zoological facilities and certain wild ruminants, i.e., other than domesticated bovines, sheet and goats. Comments on the proposed rule are due Sept. 16.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending its regulations to clarify irradiation treatment procedures for mangoes imported from India (here). The agency had previously amended its regulations to provide that mangoes treated with irradiation in the U.S. may be inspected by the Indian government in India, and then APHIS at the U.S. port of entry, instead of undergoing joint inspection in India prior to shipment. APHIS’s final rule makes a technical correction to the amended regulations to remove references to joint preclearance inspections the agency says should have been removed.
The Agricultural Marketing Service is seeking input from industry as it develops voluntary grade standards for catfish, it said (here). Comments on how the agency should proceed with the new voluntary fee-based grading program, which was required by the 2014 Farm Bill, are due Sept. 12.
On July 13 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
On July 12 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes July 12 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 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.