APHIS Confirms Definitions for 'Common Food Crop,' 'Common Cultivar' Lacey Act Exemptions
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as final its regulations defining exemptions from Lacey Act requirements for “common food crops” and “common cultivars,” in a Jan. 25 final rule (here). APHIS had set definitions for the terms on an interim basis in 2013 (see 13070808). The final rule adopts the interim rule without change.
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(Federal Register 01/25/16)