USDA responds to China’s new soybean import tariff
In 2016, Chinese officials put in place a new grain import law to keep invasive weeds and other plant pests from entering their country. Last fall, they informed USDA that U.S. grain shipments,...
View ArticleAPHIS Issues Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the National Fruit Fly...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is posting a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the national fruit fly cooperative control program...
View ArticleAPHIS Removes the Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Ceratitis capitata) Quarantine...
Effective June 23, 2018, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) removed the Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly) quarantine area...
View ArticleAPHIS Establishes a Host List for European Cherry Fruit Fly (Rhagoletis...
Effective immediately, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has developed a host list for European cherry fruit fly (ECFF, Rhagoletis cerasi), and established conditions for the...
View ArticleAPHIS Posts Updated Federal Domestic Soil Quarantines Map
APHIS updated the Federal Domestic Soil Quarantines Map to include the following changes: Removed the Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly) quarantine in the Fairfield area of Solano County, California....
View Article
