United States of America - Importations of Fruits and Vegetables Into the Continental United States: Fresh Pomegranate Fruit From Turkey The US Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service are proposing to amend the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation of commercial consignments into the continental United States of fresh pomegranate fruit from Turkey. As a condition of entry, fresh pomegranate fruit from Turkey would have to be produced in accordance with a systems approach that would include grove registration, sanitation, and pest control measures; packinghouse registration and procedures designed to exclude quarantine pests; cold treatment; and procedures for packing, storing, and shipping the pomegranate fruit. In addition, consignments would have to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the national plant protection organization of Turkey. This proposed rule would allow for the importation of fresh pomegranates from Turkey into the continental United States while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of plant pests. Products covered: Fresh Pomegranate Proposed date of adoption: Not applicable Proposed date of publication: Not applicable Proposed date of entry into force: Not applicable Final date for comments: 21 August 2017 | 
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