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Title: Agricultural Commodity, Plant, Organism Regulations


1
Agricultural Commodity, Plant, Organism
Regulations New Perspectives
Commodity Import Analysis and Operations
(CIAO) United States Department of
Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service Plant Protection and Quarantine Plant
Health Programs Permits, Registration, Imports
and Manuals
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Areas of Responsibility
  • Nonpropagative Plants and Plant Products Import
    Policy
  • Plants for Planting Import Policy
  • Risk Management for imported plants and plant
    products
  • Import permit policy and issuance of permits for
    Plants and Plant Products

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Strategic Objective
  • Advance APHIS mission to protect the health and
    value of American resources by working to ensure
    that U.S. regulatory policy and import
    requirements are based on science and aligned
    with national and international agreements on
    plant health protection.

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Plant Protection Act - Authority
  • Under the Plant Protection Act, the Secretary of
    Agriculture is authorized to undertake such
    actions as may be necessary to prevent the
    introduction and spread of plant pests and
    noxious weeds within the United States.

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Notices of Quarantine
  • 7 CFR 319 Foreign Notices of Quarantine
  • Codify import requirements
  • Requirements must be operationally and
    technically feasible, verifiable and enforceable
    at U.S. Ports of Entry

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Notices of Quarantine
  • -37 Nursery Stock, Plants, Roots, Bulbs, Seeds,
    and other Plant Parts
  • -56 Importation of Fruit and Vegetables
  • Others Cotton, Logs and Lumber, Cut Flowers,
    Citrus, Rice, Wheat and Corn Diseases, Sugarcane,
    Coffee, Indian Corn, Maize, Broome Corn, Soil,
    and Khapra Beetle

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Hawaiian and Territorial Quarantine Notices
7CFR318
  • Interstate movement of fruit, vegetables and
    other commodities between the continental U.S.
    and Hawaii and the territories is regulated to
    prevent the spread of dangerous plant pests and
    diseases.

9
Phytosanitary Treatments 7CFR305
  • Approved phytosanitary treatments that have been
    evaluated and determined to effectively mitigate
    the risk associated with regulated pests, are
    published in the CFR.

10
Historic Development of Regulatory Policy
  • Many of the foreign quarantines were developed
    more than 50 years ago.
  • The regulatory policy was based on the current
    technical capabilities, operational feasibility,
    and political considerations of the time in which
    it was developed.
  • PPQ is reviewing and updating many of its
    regulatory policies to remove inconsistencies.

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Comparison of Q-56 (Consumption Items) Q-37
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Evolution of Q-37 Original Intent vs Current
Practice
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Updating Import Regulatory Policy
  • Review and revise Q-37
  • Align the regulatory policy pertaining to the
    various quarantines to remove inconsistencies
  • Use broad-based pest risk analysis wherever
    possible
  • Streamline rulemaking for routine market access
    requests

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Pest Risk Analysis
  • Pest Risk Assessment Risk Management Risk
    Communication
  • CIAO is responsible for selection of the
    appropriate risk management measures in order to
    effectively mitigate the quarantine pest risk
    associated with the importation of plants and
    plant products.

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Pest Risk Management
  • Phytosanitary measures should not restrict the
    entry of regulated articles unless such measures
    are made necessary by phytosanitary
    considerations and are technically justified.
  • CIAO risk managers develop risk management
    documents that are published in the Federal
    Register to support the regulatory policy in
    proposed rules.

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Selection of Appropriate Risk Management Options
  • The principle of minimal impact ensures that
    measures are consistent with the pest risk
    involved and represent the least restrictive
    measures available which result in the minimum
    impediment to the international movement of
    people, commodities, and conveyances.

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Selection of Appropriate Risk Management Options
  • Appropriate measures should be chosen based on
    their effectiveness in reducing the probability
    of introduction of the pest(s).
  • Phytosanitary measures should be cost effective
    and technically feasible

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Pest Risk Management Options phytosanitary
regulations or requirements
  • The selection of one or more management options
    that have been found to lower the risk associated
    with the pest(s) to an acceptable level, or
  • No measures are identified which are considered
    appropriate.
  • Prohibition of a commodity should be used only
    when no other alternatives of pest risk
    management exist. Prohibitions should be
    technically justified.

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Import Permits for Plants and Plant Products
  • CIAO issues import permits to importers with
    valid U.S. addresses for the majority of plants
    and plant products.
  • Import permits outline the requirements that must
    be met for entry of plants and plant products
    into the United States.

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Import Permit Policy updates
  • Notable exception Most plant and plant product
    imports from Canada are exempt.

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Amending Import Permit Policy
  • PPQ is reviewing its import permit policy
  • Controlled Import Permits (CIPs) will replace
    several categories of permits
  • CIPs will require different levels of
    phytosanitary security that are consistent to
    level of pest risk

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Web Site Resources
Web Site Resources
  • All PPQ Manuals http//www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/man
    uals/online_manuals.html
  • Fruits and Vegetables Manual http//www.aphis.us
    da.gov/ppq/manuals/port/FV_Chapters.htm
  • Plants for Planting Manual (Nursery Stock)
    http//www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/manuals/port/pdf_fil
    es/Nursery_Stock.pdf
  • On-Line CFRs http//ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/tex
    t/text-idx?sid9bb3df41544fa145f9b20f7c1161d0dfc
    ecfrtpl/ecfrbrowse/Title07/7tab_02.tpl
  • http//ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?cec
    frtpl2Findex.tpl Then Choose Title 7-
    Agriculture
  • USDA, APHIS Library
  • http//www.aphis.usda.gov/library/

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  • Thank You
  • Questions?
  • Contact Information
  • Shirley Wager PagĂ©
  • Telephone (301)734-8453
  • e-mail Shirley.A.Wager-Page_at_aphis.usda.gov
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