APHIS Final Rule Allows Importation of Certain Peppers from Certain Central American Countries Without Treatment
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has issued a final rule, effective March 7, 2006, which amends 7 CFR Part 319 to allow certain types of peppers grown in approved registered production sites in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua to be imported, under certain conditions, into the U.S. without treatment.
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According to APHIS, the conditions to which the importation of peppers will be subject, including trapping, pre-harvest inspection, and shipping procedures, are designed to prevent the introduction of quarantine pests into the U.S.
APHIS' Final Rule Provides Entry Requirements for Three Groups of Peppers
APHIS explains that this final rule relieves restrictions and sets forth conditions governing the entry of the following groups of peppers from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua (see 7 CFR 319.56-2oo for group-specific instructions):
Areas free of medfly. Peppers of the species Capsicum annuum, Capsicum frutescens, Capsicum baccatum, and Capsicum chinense from areas free of Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly).
Areas where Medfly exists. Peppers of the species Capsicum annuum, Capsicum frutescens, Capsicum baccatum, Capsicum chinense, and Capsicum pubescens from areas in which the Medfly is considered to exist.
Areas where Mexfly exists. Peppers of the species Capsicum pubescens from areas in which the Mexican fruit fly (Mexfly) is considered to exist.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 10/17/05 and 11/08/05 news, 05101799 3 and 05110899 3, for BP summaries of the proposed rule and a technical change to the proposed rule.
See ITT's Online Archives or 03/14/06 news, 06031499 2, for earlier BP summary announcing this final rule.)
APHIS Contact - Donna West (301) 734-8758
APHIS Final Rule (D/N 05-003-3, FR Pub 03/07/06) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-2127.pdf