USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is considering removing a requirement that horses imported to the U.S. must be accompanied by documentation proving that a pre-export examination, "endorsed by a salaried veterinary medical officer," has occurred within 48 hours of departure from the port of embarkation, according to a Federal Register notice.
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is updating regulations on the movement of certain genetically modified organisms issued under the authority of the Plant Protection Act, according to a Federal Register notice. The update will amend the regulations to account for a federal court's December vacatur of a May 2020 rule revising APHIS' regulations on moving genetically modified organisms. The rule is effective June 16.
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said El Salvador and Belize have been added to the list of regions it considers to be affected by the screwworm pest, according to a Federal Register notice released June 12. Their inclusions were effective Dec. 17, 2024, and Jan. 7, 2025, respectively.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is allowing imports of fresh pineapple fruit (Ananas comosus) for consumption from Indonesia into the U.S., it said in a Federal Register notice. The change is effective May 29. The agency made its decision following a pest risk analysis that determined that the application of one or more designated phytosanitary measures would be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds.
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is reopening a comment period for two notices: a pest risk analysis to import Chrysanthemum spp., synonymous genera cuttings and in vitro plantlets into the U.S., and an economic evaluation on regulating chrysanthemum white rust as a quarantine pest.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins announced May 11 that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is working with CBP to suspend the import of live cattle, horse and bison at U.S. ports of entry along the Mexico border because of the detected spread of the new world screwworm (NWS).
CBP created Harmonized System Update 2517 on April 29, containing 254 Automated Broker Interface records and 58 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. HSU 2517 includes the Section 232 auto parts updates: HTS 9903.94.05 and 9903.94.06, as well as partner government agency (PGA) updates. Additional information on the Section 232 Auto Parts Updates can be found here.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is threatening to restrict animal imports originating or transiting Mexico starting on April 30 if the country doesn't follow through with plans to work with the U.S. government to eradicate the New World screwworm, a pest that can infest livestock, according to an April 26 letter published on USDA's website.
Starting April 23, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will allow the importation of fresh rhizomes of wasabi (Eutrema japonicum) from Indonesia, it said in a notice.
CBP and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) are planning to expand the Risk-Based Sampling at Ports of Entry (RBS POE) program to include new varieties of lettuce arriving at select U.S. ports of entry starting the week of March 31, according to a cargo systems message.