Importation of Female Squash Flowers from Israel into the Continental United States

Document ID: APHIS-2012-0078-0001
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: 2013-10382
CFR Citation: 7 CFR Part 319
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Abstract:	We are proposing to amend the regulations governing the importation of fruits and vegetables to allow the importation of female squash flowers from Israel into the continental United States. As a condition of entry, female squash flowers from Israel would be subject to a systems approach that would include requirements for pest exclusion at the production site and fruit fly trapping and monitoring. The female squash flowers would also be required to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the national plant protection organization of Israel with an additional declaration that the female squash flowers had been inspected and found free of quarantine pests. This action would allow for the importation of female squash flowers from Israel into the continental United States while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of quarantine pests.
Document Subtype:	Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
Received Date:	May 02 2013, at 12:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Start-End Page:	25620 - 25623
Comment Start Date:	May 2 2013, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date:	July 1 2013, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time

Total: 2

Comment from Mark Sokolow
Submitter: Sokolow, Mark Posted: 05/16/2013 ID: APHIS-2012-0078-0005

Comment Period Closed
Jul 01,2013 11:59 PM ET

Comment from Gregory Weston
Submitter: Weston, Gregory Posted: 07/01/2013 ID: APHIS-2012-0078-0006

Comment Period Closed
Jul 01,2013 11:59 PM ET