Notifications for United States of America (932 notifications)

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending the regulations governing the importation of plants for planting to add orchid plants of the genera Phalaenopsis and Cymbidium from the Republic of Korea to the list of plants that may be imported into the continental United States in an approved growing medium, subject to specified growing, inspection, and certification requirements. APHIS is taking this action in response to a request from the Republic of Korea and after determining that the plants could be imported under certain conditions without resulting in the introduction into, or the dissemination within, the United States of a plant pest or noxious weed. Federal Register Vol. 82, No. 177, Thursday, 14 September 2017, pages 43155-43157. https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=APHIS_FRDOC_0001-2110

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending the regulations governing the importation of certain animals, meat, and other animal products by allowing, under certain conditions, the importation of bone-in ovine meat from Uruguay. Based on the evidence in a risk assessment that we prepared, APHIS believes that bone-in ovine meat can safely be imported from Uruguay provided certain conditions are met. This final rule will provide for the importation of bone-in ovine meat from Uruguay into the United States, while continuing to protect the United States against the introduction of foot-and-mouth disease.  https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=APHIS-2015-0050-0021 Federal Register Vol. 82, No. 175, Tuesday, 12 September 2017, pages 42729-42733.

The Animal and Plant Health Inpsection Service is amending the regulations concerning the importation of fruits and vegetables to allow the importation of fresh persimmon with calyxes from Japan into the United States. As a condition of entry, the persimmon must be produced in accordance with a systems approach that includes requirements for orchard certification, orchard pest control, post-harvest safeguards, fruit culling, traceback, and sampling. 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 agreed upon systems approach and were inspected and found to be free of quarantine pests. This action will allow the importation of fresh persimmons with calyxes from Japan while continuing to protect against the introduction of plant pests into the United States. https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=APHIS-2015-0098-0009 Federal Register Vol. 82, No. 175 Tuesday, 12 September 2017, pages 42727-42729.

EPA is proposing to revoke certain tolerances for aluminum tris (O-ethylphosphonate), carbon disulfide, cyromazine, dichlobenil, isoxaben, oxydemeton-methyl, propachlor, sulfentrazone, and thiodicarb, and a tolerance exemption for d-limonene. Also, EPA is proposing to modify certain tolerances for aluminum tris (O-ethylphosphonate) and cyromazine, and to establish new tolerances for aluminum tris (O- ethylphosphonate), cyromazine, dichlobenil, isoxaben, and sulfentrazone, and new tolerance exemptions for d-limonene and tartrazine. In addition, EPA is proposing to revise the tolerance expressions for p-chlorophenoxyacetic acid and dichlobenil, remove expired tolerances for disulfoton, correct the listing of a tolerance for thiacloprid, and correct the listing of significant figures for certain existing tolerances of specific pesticide active ingredients.

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is advising the public of its decision to amend cold treatment schedule T107-d-3 in the Plant Protection and Quarantine Treatment Manual to include grapefruit from Australia. In a previous notice, APHIS made available to the public for review and comment a treatment evaluation document that described the treatment schedule and explained why APHIS had determined that it is effective at neutralizing certain target pests on grapefruit from Australia. https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=APHIS-2016-0049-0005 Federal Register Vol. 82, No. 170, Tuesday, 5 September 2017, page 41909

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) prepared this risk assessment to examine plant pest risks associated with importing commercially produced live plants of Micranthemum callitrichoides (Griseb.) C. Wright (synonym: Hemianthus callitrichoides Griseb.) and M. micranthemoides (Nutt.) Wettst. (synonym: H. micranthemoides Nutt.) (Linderniaceae) for propagation in approved growing media (new rockwool) from Denmark into continental United States and Alaska.

This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of prothioconazole in or on sunflower subgroup 20B at 0.2 parts per million (ppm).

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending the regulations to allow the importation of fresh Hass avocado fruit from Colombia into the continental United States. As a condition of entry, fresh Hass avocado fruit from Colombia will have to be produced in accordance with a systems approach that includes orchard and packinghouse requirements and port of entry inspection. The fruit will also be required to be imported in commercial consignments and accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the national plant protection organization of Colombia with an additional declaration stating that the fruit has been produced in accordance with the requirements. This action will allow for the importation of fresh Hass avocado fruit from Colombia while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of plant pests into the continental United States. Federal Register Vol. 82, No. 156, Tuesday, 15 August 2017, pg 38591-38594

APHIS is advising the public that it is proposing to recognize Mexico as free of classical swine fever, subject to conditions in the regulations governing the importation of live swine, pork, and pork products from certain regions into the United States. APHIS is proposing this action based on a risk evaluation that it has prepared in connection with this action and that it is making available to the public for review and comment. Federal Register Vol. 82, No 151, Tuesday, 8 August 2017, pg. 37043-37044

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is advising the public of its decision to concur with the World Organization for Animal Health's (OIE) bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) risk designations for seven regions. The OIE recognizes these regions as being of negligible risk for BSE. APHIS is taking this action based on its review of information supporting the OIE's risk designations for these regions. Federal Register Vol. 82, No. 151, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 pg. 37041-37042

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of ethaboxam in or on Ginseng; Pepper/eggplant, subgroup 8-10B; Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9; and Vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C.

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing the availability of and requesting comment on guidance for importing meat, poultry, and egg products into the United States. This guidance is intended to help US importers, customs brokers, official import inspection establishments, egg products plants, and other interested parties understand and comply with FSIS import requirements. This guideline is designed to help Importers, Customs Brokers, Official Import Inspection Establishment Plant Management, and the general public: Understand the import regulatory requirements, and take steps to ensure products are imported in compliance with applicable US regulations.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of tolpyralate in or on field corn, popcorn, and sweet corn.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of fenamidone in or on multiple commodities, which are identified and discussed, later in this document.

This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of topramezone in or on sugarcane.

This regulation increases existing tolerances for residues of fenpyroximate in or on dried citrus pulp, citrus oil, and the citrus fruit group 10-10.

This regulation amends a tolerance for residues of ametoctradin in or on hops.

EPA is announcing its receipt of several pesticide petitions filed under section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C. 346a, requesting the establishment or modification of regulations in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various food commodities. The Agency is taking public comment on the requests before responding to the petitioners. EPA is not proposing any particular action at this time. EPA has determined that the pesticide petitions described in this document contain the data or information prescribed in FFDCA section 408(d)(2), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(2); however, EPA has not fully evaluated the sufficiency of the submitted data at this time or whether the data support granting of the pesticide petitions. After considering the public comments, EPA intends to evaluate whether and what action may be warranted. Additional data may be needed before EPA can make a final determination on these pesticide petitions.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 134 (Friday, 14 July 2017). This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of difenoconazole in or on cottonseed subgroup 20C; rice, grain; and rice, wild, grain. It also amends the existing tolerance for cotton, gin by-products, and removes the tolerance for cotton, undelinted seed. Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC requested these  tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).

This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of buprofezin in or on rice grain.