Update on Sweet Orange Scab in California

Update on Sweet Orange Scab in California

APHIS has notified State Plant Regulatory Officials that the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) will conduct enforcement activities for sweet orange scab (Elsinoë australis) in California under its statutory authority, and is enacting quarantines within a 5-mile radius of detection sites. After CDFA publishes an intrastate quarantine for sweet orange scab, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will enact an interstate quarantine and post details about it at the APHIS Sweet Orange Scab Web site http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant-health/sweet-orange-scab.

To view the complete message go to the APHIS Sweet Orange Scab Web site http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant-health/sweet-orange-scab and look under the heading News and Information. For additional information contact Mary Palm, National Coordinator for Citrus Pest Programs at 301-851-2069.