The Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is considering a request to authorize the importation of fresh glasswort from Israel into the U.S. for consumption. According to Brittanica.com, glasswort is a “genus of about 30 species of annual succulent herbs” that are “native to salt marshes and beaches around the world.” The article adds that “the ashes of dried, burnt glassworts contain large amounts of potash and were formerly used in glassmaking.”
APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment that lists the potential pests likely to remain on this commodity upon importation if no mitigation is applied. Comments on this assessment, including information that might lead APHIS to revise its assessment before identifying pest mitigations and proceeding with the commodity import approval process, are due by May 7.
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