USDA APHIS

APHIS Seeks Comments on Draft Pest Risk Analyses for Deregulation of Chrysanthemum White Rust and the Importation of Chrysanthemum Plants for Planting

April 19, 2023 USDA APHIS

USDA APHIS is advising the public that we are proposing to deregulate Chrysanthemum White Rust (CWR) based on an economic evaluation (EE) prepared by APHIS. Additionally, we have prepared two pest risk analyses. The first is for Chrysanthemum spp. and synonymous species cuttings and in vitro plantlets imported under a systems approach from 20 countries into the continental United States. …

USDA Proposes Additional Requirements for Imported Chilean Table Grapes

October 17, 2022 USDA APHIS

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) proposes to revise the conditions under which table grapes from Chile may be imported into the United States. …

APHIS Seeks Comment on Draft Pest Risk Assessment for the Importation of Ornamental Cherry Cuttings from Japan

September 26, 2022 USDA APHIS

APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment for the importation of ornamental cherry cuttings (Prunus spp. pseudocerasus) for use as a cut flower from Japan. The assessment describes potential pests associated with the commodity. …

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Confirmed Near New Jersey Border

August 16, 2022 New Jersey Department of Agriculture

 The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) have confirmed a Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) case in a non-commercial backyard poultry flock in Northampton County in Pennsylvania, near its eastern border that will affect Warren County in New Jersey due to the control area radius. The disease response is being coordinated between the New Jersey Department of Agriculture (NJDA), the PDA, and federal partners. …

New USDA Database Will Replace Three Import Manuals and the Fruit and Vegetable Imports Requirement (FAVIR) Database

July 18, 2022 USDA APHIS

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has developed a new database called “Agricultural Commodity Import Requirements” (ACIR). ACIR gives users a simple search interface for finding and displaying import requirements for agricultural commodities. It will become the official location for import requirements for commodities currently found in the Fruit and Vegetable Import Requirements (FAVIR) database and three import manuals: …