APHIS 'eFile' Online Permitting System Now Available
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s new eFile online permitting system is up and running, a Sept. 22 agency email said. “APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) is excited to announce the new APHIS eFile PPQ 587 plants and plant products application for fresh fruits and vegetables permits,” the email said. The new system's benefits include that permit requests can have multiple countries per application, and that permits will be issued the same day as the request, APHIS said.
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“If you have a fresh fruits and vegetables permit that will expire soon, please use APHIS eFile to renew it,” APHIS said. “All other PPQ 587 applications (e.g. frozen fruits and vegetables, seeds not for planting, plants for planting, etc.) remain in ePermits at this time. Depending on your permitting needs, you may have to use both APHIS eFile and ePermits. In the future, all PPQ 587 permit requests will be available in APHIS eFile,” the agency said.
The eFile system is available at efile.aphis.usda.gov/s/. APHIS had announced in April that the system would be ready in the fall (see 2004210052).