APHIS Seeks Comment on a Proposal to Adjust Requirements for Importation of Carnations From Kenya

May 13, 2019 USDA APHIS

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is making available for review and comment a proposal to adjust import requirements in the USDA Plants for Planting Manual for imports of carnation cuttings from Kenya. Currently, carnation cuttings from Kenya must remain quarantined for a year after they enter the United States.

APHIS Resumes Imports of Pomegranate Arils from Peru into the US

December 20, 2018 USDA APHIS

APHIS suspended imports of pomegranate arils from Peru in June 2018 based on port-of-entry detections of Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata, Medfly).