APHIS Allows Conditional Imports of Shepherd's Purse from Korea
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued a final rule, effective July 26, 2011, which amends the regulations concerning the importation of fruits and vegetables to allow the importation of fresh shepherd’s purse with roots from the Republic of Korea into the U.S. under a combination of mitigations to reduce the risk of introducing plant pests.
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As a condition of entry, the shepherd’s purse will have to be produced in accordance with a systems approach that will include requirements for importation of commercial consignments, pest-free place of production, removal of soil, and inspection for quarantine pests by the national plant protection organization of the Republic of Korea. The shepherd’s purse will also have to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an additional declaration stating that it was grown, packed, and inspected and found to be free of pests in accordance with the regulations.