APHIS Reopens Comment Period on Its Proposed Rule on Import of Certain Cut Flowers from Regions Affected with Chrysanthemum White Rust
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has reopened until October 21, 2005 the comment period on its July 7, 2005 proposed rule to amend 7 CFR Part 319 in order to establish specific requirements for the importation of cut flowers that are hosts of chrysanthemum white rust1 (CWR) from countries where the disease is known to occur, etc.
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APHIS has stated that its proposed rule is necessary because of numerous recent findings of CWR on cut flowers from Europe that pose a risk of introducing CWR in the U.S. According to APHIS, the measures in the proposed rule are currently being applied administratively to cut flowers imported from Mexico and the Netherlands and have proved effective in preventing the introduction of CWR by cut flowers imported from these countries. Therefore, APHIS has proposed adding these mitigation measures to the regulations for all regions where CWR is known to exist.
1Puccinia horiana Henn, a filamentous fungus and obligate parasite, is the causal agent of CWR, which may cause complete loss of glasshouse chrysanthemum crops.
APHIS Proposes Specific Production and Certification Requirements
In the July 7, 2005 proposed rule, APHIS proposed to amend the cut flowers regulations to establish specific production and certification requirements that cut flowers would have to meet in order to be eligible for importation from a region where CWR is known to occur.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 07/18/05 news, 05071830, for BP summary of APHIS' proposed rule.)
-comments must now be received on or before October 21, 2005
APHIS contact - Sharon Porsche (301) 734-5281
APHIS notice (D/N 03-016-2, FR Pub 09/20/05) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/05-18604.pdf.