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

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Fruits and
Vegetables Manual
Contents
Procedures 2
Introduction 2-3
Preparation 2-3
Information Needed 2-3
Materials Needed 2-4
Regulatory Action 2-5
General Inspection Procedures 2-7
Step 1: Determine the Category of the Consignment 2-7
Step 2: Check, Validate, and Confirm the Commodity and How it is
Referenced 2-8
Step 3: Determine if the Commodity is Generally Admissible 2-9
Step 4: Determine Regulatory Action Based on Entry Status and Conditions
of Entry 2-10
Step 5: Check for Import Permit Requirements 2-11
Step 6: Verify Consignment and Determine Its Condition 2-12
Step 7: Select the Sample 2-12
Step 8: Inspect Sample 2-13
Step 9: Take Regulatory Action Based on Inspection Results 2-16
Step 10: Document Action Taken 2-17
Produce of Foreign Origin That is Transiting the United States 2-18
U.S. Returned Fruits and Vegetables 2-19
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables in International Mail 2-22
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Admissible Under the Protocol of the National
Agriculture Release Program (NARP) 2-23
Noncommercial Quantities of Japanese Produce Entering Hawaii 2-24
Apples, Pears and Sand Pears from New Zealand 2-25
Precleared Clementines (Tangerines) from Spain 2-26
Precleared Fruits and Vegetables Not Mentioned Elsewhere 2-29
Precleared Irradiated Fruits and Vegetables 2-30
Apples, Citrus, Nectarines, Peaches, Pears, and Plums from the Republic of
South Africa 2-35
Apples and Pears from Chile 2-37
Avocados from Michoacan, Mexico 2-38
Bananas (Bulk and Containerized Consignments) 2-40
Bananas (Musa spp.) from Africa 2-41
Beans Infested with Cydia fabivora, Epinotia aporema, and Maruca testulalis
2-42
Cold Treated Commodities 2-43
Consignments of Fruits and Vegetables Arriving Without a Permit 2-47
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