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Washington, DC
June 2, 2009
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) is amending its fruit and vegetable regulations to allow
the importation into the continental United States of commercial
consignments of fresh eggplant from Israel.
As a condition of entry, the eggplant must be produced using a
systems approach that includes requirements for pest exclusion
at the production site, fruit fly trapping inside and outside
the production site and pest-excluding packinghouse procedures.
The eggplant must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate
issued by the Israeli national plant protection organization
with an additional declaration confirming that the eggplants
have been produced in accordance with the aforementioned
requirements.
This action will allow for the importation of commercial
consignments of fresh eggplant from Israel into the United
States while continuing to provide protection against the
introduction of quarantine pests.
Federal Register notice:
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-12929.pdf |
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