APS REGULATORY ALERTS

Subject: APHIS Seeks Comments on a Certification Program

Date: May 6, 2004

 
The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued an interim rule that takes effect on May 24, 2004 and upon which public comments are sought until June 22, 2004 which establishes "... a certification program for articles of Pelargonium spp. and Solanum spp. imported from countries where the bacterium Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 biovar 2 is known to occur. For more information go to: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/04-9262.htm