APS REGULATORY ALERT

USDA APHIS proposing to amend the citrus canker regulations; USDA APHIS is soliciting comments on an information collection requirement concerning a seed analysis program with Canada
Date: July 12, 2007

The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the citrus canker regulations to eliminate the requirement that the groves in which the fruit is produced be inspected and found free of citrus canker, and instead require that fruit produced in the quarantined area be treated with a surface disinfectant treatment in a packinghouse operating under a compliance agreement and be inspected at the packinghouse. Complete information can be found at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-12041.htm.

USDA APHIS is soliciting comments on an information collection requirement concerning a seed analysis program with Canada that allows U.S. companies that import seed for cleaning or processing to enter into compliance agreements with APHIS, and which eliminates the need for sampling shipments of Canadian-origin seed at the border, and allows certain seed importers to clean seed without the direct supervision of an APHIS inspector. Complete information can be found at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-12962.htm.