APHIS Allows Imports of Jujube Fruit From China

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will allow imports of jujube fruit from China, it said in a notice. Importation will be subject to conditions including an import permit, phytosanitary certificate from the Chinese government, registration of production locations and packinghouses, and port of entry inspections, as well as treatment for pests if grown or packed south of the 33rd parallel, among other things. The notice takes effect March 12.