The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Sept. 11 to Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) electronic manuals. While some changes are minor, other changes may affect the admissibility of the plant products, including fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
The Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation announced Special Import Quota #5 for upland cotton that will be established on Sept. 18, allowing importation of 14,741,821 kilograms (67,709 bales) of upland cotton. It will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than Dec. 16, and entered into the U.S. by March 16, 2015. The quota is equivalent to one week's consumption of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally-adjusted average rate for the period March through May, the most recent three months for which data are available.
On Sept. 10 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Sept. 10 to Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) electronic manuals. While some changes are minor, other changes may affect the admissibility of the plant products, including fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will on Sept. 30 decommission vacuum fumigation chambers at its Los Indios, Texas, Seattle, and Houston plant inspection stations, it said in a message to stakeholders. The agency said a review of fumigation data showed that over 80 percent of fumigations at these stations do not need a vacuum and can be done effectively at normal pressure. APHIS directed importers a list of providers of fumigation services (here).
On Sept. 9 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Food Safety and Inspection Service says that beginning Nov. 10 it will no longer issue export certificates for manufactured foods that contain egg products. The Agricultural Marketing Service recently began a program to provide this service, so the FSIS program is no longer necessary, it said.
On Sept. 8 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Sept. 8 to Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) electronic manuals. While some changes are minor, other changes may affect the admissibility of the plant products, including fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
On Sept. 5 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports: