APHIS Updates PPQ Manuals for May 31
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued emails May 31, 2012, announcing changes to some Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) electronic manuals. While some changes are minor, other changes may affect the admissibility of the plant products, including fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
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AQIM Handbook: The AQIM Handbook (here) was revised to clarify the instructions for hypergeometric sampling of cargo. If the number of boxes (units) in the shipment is less than 10, all boxes/units should be inspected. Changes can be found on pages 4-3-5, 4-4-5, 4-7-4, 4-9-5, and 4-13-5.
FAVIR and Fruits and Vegetables Manual: FAVIR (here) and the Fruits and Vegetables Manual (here) were revised. There were several reasons for the revision:
- Papaya from Chiapas, Mexico, authorized orchards: added the orchard "San Clemente"
- Mango from Mexico: corrected inspection procedures for precleared hot water treated mango
In FAVIR, open the Commodity Import Report (CIR) to view the import requirements. The manual page numbers that have changed are 2-29, 3-203, and 3-204 (changes are indicated by black bars in the left margin.)
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