APHIS to Allow Garlic Imports from EU, Other Countries
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public of its decision, effective July 27, 2011, to authorize the importation into the continental U.S. of garlic from the European Union and other countries, subject to certain phytosanitary measures. The measures include that the garlic be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an additional declaration attesting freedom from Brachycerus spp. and Dyspessa ulula, and that it only be imported into the continental U.S. in commercial consignments.
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(The EU and other countries refers to Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, the Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Palestine Authority, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Note that garlic from France, Italy, and Spain was already allowed.)