Roses
Effective May 20, the Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has amended the importation requirements for rose plants for planting to prevent the introduction of Ralstonia solanacearum Race 3 biovar 2 (Rs R3bv2) into the U.S. This bacterium colonizes the vascular system of plants, causing wilting and death.
Rose plants for planting may continue to be imported under post-entry quarantine from Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom only if those plants have been produced in a pest-free place of production or pest-free production site for Rs R3bv2, as certified by their national plant protection organization. After making U.S. entry, all standard post-entry quarantine requirements will remain in effect.
Roses may continue to be imported from Canada only if all plant parts (including rootstock and graft material) were solely grown in Canada or the U.S. Shipments must be imported under the U.S.-Canada Greenhouse-Grown Plant Certification Program or the Canadian Nursery Certification Program; plants grown outside these programs must be accompanied by a Canadian phytosanitary certificate for export.
From all other countries, rose plants for planting must be imported under a controlled import permit. Alternatively, NPPOs may submit a request to APHIS to remove NAPPRA status for this taxon.
These restrictions apply to rose plants for planting and all plant parts intended for propagation except seed, and to all means of importation and movement, including commercial and non-commercial cargo, passenger baggage, international mail, and express courier shipments. Cut roses are exempt from this order.
Poultry
Effective on the dates indicated, APHIS imposed restrictions on imports of avian commodities from the following areas due to concerns about highly-pathogenic avian influenza.
- zones PCZ-325 (April 24) and PCZ-326 (April 30) in Saskatchewan, Canada
- zones PCZ-327 and -328 in Alberta, Canada (May 11)
These restrictions include the following.
- Importation of poultry, commercial birds, ratites, and avian hatching eggs is prohibited.
- Importation as cargo of processed avian products and byproducts must be accompanied by an APHIS import permit and/or government certification confirming that the goods were treated in accordance with APHIS requirements.
- Importation as cargo of unprocessed avian products and byproducts (including eggs and egg products and meat) is prohibited with limited exceptions (e.g., in some cases these may be imported if consigned directly from the port of arrival to an eligible USDA-approved establishment).
- Importation as cargo of fresh, unprocessed shell/table eggs and egg products, void of the shell (e.g., liquid eggs and dried egg whites) is prohibited unless they are consigned from the port of arrival directly to an APHIS-approved breaking and pasteurization facility. An import permit and/or certificate is not required in such cases.
Separately, APHIS has removed restrictions on imports of poultry and related products originating from zones PCZ-FV2, -FV3, and FV4 in British Columbia, Canada, as of May 5.
Feed Ingredients
The USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service reports that, effective May 8, Indonesia’s Ministry of Agriculture changed its import licensing scheme for 57 plant-based feed ingredients, including soybean meal and corn-derivative products. The new regulation establishes two separate pathways for import licensing-related approvals: one for soybean meal and wheat for feed and the other for 55 other feed ingredients.
FAS states that these changes threaten U.S. agricultural exports by using import licensing to enforce strict import timelines, control import volumes, designate import channels, and prohibit corn and broken rice imports for feed.
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