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2. Procedures
3. Reference
4. Vegetable Identification Guide
5. Fruit Identification Guide
6. List of Commodity Names
The manual also includes four Appendixes, a Glossary, and an Index.
Introduction
Scope
The Introduction contains basic information about the Fruits and Vegetables
Import Manual. This chapter includes the manual’s purpose, scope, users, and
application; a list of related documents that provide the authority for the
manual’s content; directions about how to use the manual; and the conventions
(unfamiliar or unique symbols and highlighting) that appear throughout the
manual.
The Procedures provides the prerequisites, the general inspection procedures
for clearing commercial and noncommercial importations of fruits and
vegetables, and special procedures for specifically described importations of
fruits and vegetables.
The Reference is a listing of admissible fruits and vegetables from foreign
countries, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands,
and Palau. Before using the Reference, it is recommended to first look up the
commodity name in the List of Commodity Names and the Index to ensure that
you are looking up the commodity under the name by which it is listed in the
Reference. Commodities can be listed by an alternate common name, its
scientific name, or a broad category of commodities. Additional sources for
accurately identifying commodities are the Vegetable Identification Guide and
Fruit Identification Guide. Unlike the other import manuals, the Fruits and
Vegetables Import Manual only identifies in its Reference those commodities
that are admissible into the United States. Therefore, the commodity must
specifically be listed as admissible from the country of origin.
The Vegetable Identification Guide, Fruit Identification Guide, and List of
Commodity Names are unique to the Fruits and Vegetables Import Manual.
The Vegetable Identification Guide and Fruit Identification Guide help
regulatory officials identify unfamiliar, exotic fruits and vegetables intercepted
at ports of entry. The List of Commodity Names is a cross-referenced list of
scientific and common plant names.
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