Posted July 21, 2014
Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing an
amendment to the fruits and vegetables regulations that allow the importation
of fresh apples (Malus pumila) from China into the continental United
States.
Apples from areas in China in which Oriental fruit fly is
known to exist could be imported into the continental United States if the
apples are treated with fumigation plus refrigeration. All apples from China
would also be required to submit a phytosanitary certificate with an
additional declaration stating that all conditions for the importation of the
apples have been met and that the consignment of apples has been inspected and
found free of quarantine pests.
Comments will be accepted until September 16, 2014.
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