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

                     FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION

DA-2020-10

May 20, 2020

 

Subject:    APHIS Modifies Conditions for Interstate Movement of Regulated Articles in Quarantined Areas 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 areas quarantined for European cherry fruit fly (ECFF) as described in Federal Order DA-2019-13. The new conditions include a revised systems approach to allow the interstate movement of cherry fruit without methyl bromide fumigation from areas within a half-mile radius of ECFF detections. This action also makes modifications to locations prohibited from receiving cherry fruit from the quarantine area. The host list remains unchanged.

 

APHIS will regulate 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. APHIS has posted the current ECFF quarantine areas, the ECFF host list, and this Federal Order on 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.

 

   /s/

Osama El-Lissy Deputy Administrator

Plant Protection and Quarantine

 

Attachment: Federal Order