CBP New York to Allow Movement of 'Failed Cold Treatment' Goods for Retreatment
CBP and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will allow for the movement of goods requiring cold treatment that were failed by the USDA to Southern New Jersey for retreatment, said CBP Field Operations in the Port of New York/Newark in Informational Pipeline 13-016. The local exemption allows APHIS to perform fruit cutting inspection in Southern New Jersey facilities and "pertains only to the circumstances affecting the CBP Port of Philadelphia and the APHIS-approved facilities in Southern New Jersey," the notice said.
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Upon USDA notification of a failed Cold Treatment, CBP will issue an Emergency Action Notification to the brokers/importers and allow the shipment to move to the Southern New Jersey facilities, the notice said. CBP will still be responsible for inspection of non-targeted pests, hitchhikers and contaminants before the move to Southern New Jersey. Once the goods are retreated and are found to have passed, APHIS will perform the fruit cutting inspection.
Contact: Keyvan Santiago at (201) 443-0336 or Keyvan.Santiago@dhs.gov
(Email ITTNews@warren-news.com for a copy of Informational Pipeline 13-016.)