NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication,
received on 6 October 2017, is being
circulated at the request of the Delegation of the United
States of America.
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Final
Rule: Importation of Fresh Persimmons From New Zealand Into the United States
[Docket No. APHIS–2015–0052]
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The
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending the
regulations concerning the importation of fruits and vegetables to allow the
importation of fresh persimmons from New Zealand into the United States. As a
condition of entry, the persimmons must be produced in accordance with a
systems approach that includes requirements for orchard certification,
orchard pest control, post-harvest safeguards, fruit culling, traceback,
sampling, and treatment with either hot water or modified atmosphere
treatment. The persimmons will also have to be accompanied by a phytosanitary
certificate with an additional declaration stating that they were produced
under, and meet all the components of, the systems approach and were
inspected and found to be free of quarantine pests in accordance with the
requirements. This action allows the importation of fresh persimmons from New
Zealand while continuing to protect against the introduction of plant pests
into the United States.
Federal
Register Vol. 82, No. 190 Tuesday, 3 October 2017, pages 45955-45957.
https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=APHIS-2015-0052-0009
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