Proposed Rule: Importation of Fresh Mango Fruit From Vietnam Into the Continental United States (Docket # APHIS-2016-0026)

The Animal and Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing to amend the regulations to allow the importation of fresh mango fruit from Viet Nam into the continental United States. As a condition of entry, fresh mango fruit from Viet Nam would be subject to a systems approach that would include orchard requirements, irradiation treatment, and port of entry inspection. The fruit would also be required to be imported in commercial consignments and accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the national plant protection organization of Viet Nam with an additional declaration stating that the consignment was inspected and found free of Macrophoma mangiferae and Xanthomonas campestris pv. mangiferaeindicae. This action would allow for the importation of fresh mango fruit from Viet Nam while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of plant pests into the continental United States.

Federal Register/Vol. 81, No. 150/Thursday, 4 August 2016/pgs. 51381-51383