APHIS Updates Tomato Import Prohibitions to Conditionally Allow Imports From Haiti
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service recently issued a federal order prohibiting imports of tomatoes and certain plants to prevent introduction of the tomato leaf miner. The update to a federal order issued in 2014 now includes Haiti on…
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the list of countries that is infested tomato leaf miner but can still export tomato fruits to the U.S. if they are able to meet certain import requirements. The revised federal order also adds the following countries to the list of countries infested with tomato leaf miner and prohibited from exporting to the U.S. propagative materials from Datura spp. and Salpichroa spp., and synonyms, except seeds, bringing the total to 109 countries: Afghanistan; Bangladesh; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Botswana; Croatia; Georgia; Guernsey; Haiti; India; Kyrgyzstan; Mayotte; Montenegro; Mozambique; Namibia; Nepal; Norway; Rwanda; Serbia; South Africa; Tajikistan; Tanzania; Uganda; Uzbekistan; Zambia; and Zimbabwe. The revised federal order took effect Aug. 16.