Importation of Figs and Pomegranates from Chile under a Systems Approach

Document ID: APHIS-2010-0024-0001
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Agency: Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service
Topics: Coffee, Cotton, Fruits, Imports, Logs, Nursery Stock, Plant Diseases and Pests, Quarantine, Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements, Rice, Vegetables
Federal Register Number: 2011-06040
CFR Citation: 7 CFR Part 319
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Abstract:	We are proposing to amend the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation into the continental United States of figs and pomegranates from Chile, subject to a systems approach. Under this systems approach, the fruit would have to be grown in a place of production that is registered with the Government of Chile and certified as having a low prevalence of Brevipalpus chilensis. The fruit would have to undergo pre-harvest sampling at the registered production site. Following post-harvest processing, the fruit would have to be inspected in Chile at an approved inspection site. Each consignment of fruit would have to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an additional declaration stating that the fruit had been found free of Brevipalpus chilensis based on field and packinghouse inspections. This proposed rule would allow for the safe importation of fresh figs and pomegranates from Chile using mitigation measures other than fumigation with methyl bromide.
Document Subtype:	Proposed rule
Received Date:	March 16 2011, at 12:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Start-End Page:	14320 - 14323
Comment Start Date:	March 16 2011, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date:	May 16 2011, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time