USDA APHIS

New USDA Database Will Replace Three Import Manuals and the Fruit and Vegetable Imports Requirement (FAVIR) Database

July 18, 2022 USDA APHIS

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has developed a new database called “Agricultural Commodity Import Requirements” (ACIR). ACIR gives users a simple search interface for finding and displaying import requirements for agricultural commodities. It will become the official location for import requirements for commodities currently found in the Fruit and Vegetable Import Requirements (FAVIR) database and three import manuals: …

APHIS Seeks Comment on Draft Pest Risk Assessment for the Importation of Finger Lime from Italy

May 18, 2022 USDA APHIS

The Government of Italy has asked USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of fresh Finger Lime (Citrus australasica) for consumption into the United States. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment that describes potential pests associated with the commodity. …

APHIS Amends Entry Requirements for Importation of Potato from Prince Edward Island to Prevent Introduction of Potato Wart Pathogen

April 5, 2022 USDA APHIS

Effective immediately, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending its requirements for the importation of potato (Solanum tuberosum) from Prince Edward Island (PEI), Canada to prevent the introduction of potato wart (causal agent Synchytrium endobioticum) into the United States. …

APHIS Revises the Conditions for the Interstate Movement of Citrus Fruit from Areas Quarantined for both Sweet Orange Scab and Citrus Canker

February 11, 2022 USDA APHIS

“Effective immediately, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is revising the conditions for interstate movement of citrus fruit from areas quarantined for both sweet orange scab (Elsinöe australis, SOS) and citrus canker (Xanthomonas axonopodis, CC) to allow movement of fruit to packing houses located in contiguous states that are not quarantined for either disease.” …

APHIS Seeks Comment on Draft Pest Risk Assessment for the Importation of Dracaena (Dracaena spp.) for Planting from Guatemala

January 7, 2022 USDA APHIS

The Government of Guatemala has asked USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of dracaena (Dracaena spp.) for planting into the United States and Territories. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment that describes potential pests associated with the commodity. …