Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Import Manual 1 - Phytosanitary ...

EL SALVADOR (continued)
Raspberry (fruit)
Roselle (calyx)
Rosemary 6 (leaf and stem)
Rutabaga
Salsify
Spinach
Strawberry
Sweet marjoram 6 (leaf and stem)
Swiss chard
Tangerine T107-b 7
Tomato (green only) (commercial consignments only)
Tomato 14 (fruit) (pink or red) (commercial consignments
only)
Thyme
Turnip
Watercress
Waterlily root
Yam (tuber), T101-f-3 2
Yam bean root 6
Reference
List of Approved Fruits and Vegetables
ALL NA SAG NP
1 Inspect plantains, cooking bananas, and bananas which differ from the usual bananas of commerce for internal feeders (fruit
flies).
2 Because treatment is required, HOLD consignment and CONTACT PPQ through proper channels.
3 Each consignment of chipilin (Crotalaria longirostrata) is subject to inspection at the port of entry and must be accompanied
by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the NPPO of El Salvador with an additional declaration stating that "The chipilin leaves
in this consignment have been inspected and found free of Phakopsora meibomiae and Uromyces crotalariae."
4 Each consignment is subject to inspection at the port of entry and must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued
by the NPPO of El Salvador.
5 Ivy gourd (Coccinia grandis) is PROHIBITED ENTRY into Hawaii.
6 Shipping boxes must be labeled “Not for distribution in HI, PR, USVI, and Guam.”
7 If treatment has not been completed before entry, HOLD the consignment and CONTACT PPQ through proper channels. The
fruits or vegetables may arrive in the U.S. only:
At ports located north of 39 o latitude and east of 104 o longitude
At ports that have approved cold treatment facilities (refer to the PPQ Treatment Manual for a list of current approved cold
treatment facilities
8 May only come from the departments of La Libertad, La Paz, and San Vicente. Must be accompanied by a phytosanitary
certificate declaring that “The papayas in this consignment were grown, packed, and shipped in accordance with the provisions
of 7CFR 319.56.”
9 Papayas and pineapples are PROHIBITED ENTRY into Hawaii.
10 Limited to Capsicum annum, Capsicum baccatum, Capsicum chinense, and Capsicum frutescens. Consignments must meet
the following conditions:
Peppers must arrive at the U.S. port of entry in insect-proof cartons or cartons covered with an insect-proof tarpaulin.
Must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the El Salvadoran department of agriculture stating that “These
peppers were grown in an approved production site and the consignment has been inspected and found free of the pests listed
in the requirements.”
The shipping boxes must be labeled with the identity of the production site.
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