Vegetables from Brazil
The Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is considering a request to allow the importation of fresh pumpkin, squash, and the hybrid tetsukabuto squash from Brazil into the continental U.S. APHIS has drafted a pest risk analysis evaluating the risks of such imports and determined that the application of one or more designated phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate those risks. Comments on this analysis, 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 July 17.
Import Restrictions on Poultry Updated
Effective on the dates indicated, and until further notice, APHIS is restricting the importation of poultry, commercial birds, ratites, avian hatching eggs, unprocessed avian products and byproducts, and certain fresh poultry products originating from or transiting the following zones in Canada due to concerns about highly pathogenic avian influenza.
- PCZ-188 in Quebec (April 28)
- PCZ-189 in British Columbia (April 28)
- PCZ-190 in Quebec (May 6)
Processed avian products and byproducts originating from or transiting any restricted area, imported as cargo, must be accompanied by an APHIS import permit and/or government certification confirming that the products were treated according to APHIS requirements.
Importation, as cargo, of fresh, unprocessed shell/table eggs and other egg products, void of the shell (i.e., liquid eggs, dried egg whites), originating from or transiting any restricted zone is prohibited unless the products 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 for these shipments when consigned directly to an APHIS-approved establishment.
Separately, APHIS has removed restrictions on subject imports from (1) the Aomori and Hokkaido prefectures in Japan and (2) PCZs 176 and 177 in Ontario, and 183 in Quebec, after the HPAI outbreaks in these areas were completely resolved.
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