APHIS Modifies Conditions for Interstate Movement of Regulated Articles in Areas Quarantined for European Cherry Fruit Fly (Rhagoletis cerasi)

FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION
DA-2019-13
June 10, 2019

 

Subject:           APHIS Modifies Conditions for Interstate Movement of Regulated Articles in Areas Quarantined for European Cherry Fruit Fly (Rhagoletis cerasi)

To:                  State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials

Effective immediately, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is modifying conditions for the interstate movement of regulated articles from core areas quarantined in 2018 for European cherry fruit fly (ECFF). These conditions include a systems approach to allow the interstate movement of cherry fruit without methyl bromide fumigation from areas in a half-mile radius of ECFF detections. This action also modifies which locations are prohibited from receiving cherry fruit from the quarantine area.

APHIS regulates the interstate movement of ECFF host articles from all ECFF quarantine areas in the United States in accordance with the regulations in 7 CFR 301.32 and any applicable provisions of this Federal Order. The current ECFF quarantine areas, the ECFF host list, and this Federal Order are posted at the following site:

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant-health/ff

For additional information about the ECFF program, you may contact Fruit Fly National Policy Manager Richard Johnson at 301-851-2109.

Osama El-Lissy
Deputy Administrator
Plant Protection and Quarantine