NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication,
received on 17 September 2018, is being
circulated at the request of the Delegation of the United
States of America.
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Final
Rule: Establishing a Performance Standard for Authorizing the
Importation and Interstate Movement of Fruits and Vegetables [Docket No.
APHIS-2010-0082]
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The
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending its
regulations governing the importation of fruits and vegetables by broadening
our existing performance standard to provide for approval of all new fruits
and vegetables for importation into the United States using a notice-based
process. APHIS is also removing the region - or commodity-specific
phytosanitary requirements currently found in these regulations. Likewise,
APHIS is making an equivalent revision of the performance standard in our
regulations governing the interstate movement of fruits and vegetables from
Hawaii and the U.S. territories (Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico,
and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and removing the commodity-specific
phytosanitary requirements from those regulations. This action will allow for
the approval of requests to authorize the importation or interstate movement
of new fruits and vegetables in a manner that enables a more flexible and
responsive regulatory approach to evolving pest situations in both the United
States and exporting countries. It will not, however, alter the science-based
process in which the risk associated with importation or interstate movement
of a given fruit or vegetable is evaluated or the manner in which risks
associated with the importation or interstate movement of a fruit or
vegetable are mitigated. (Federal Register Vol. 83, No. 179 Friday 14
September 2018 pages 46627-46639).
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