Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA § 319.56–25
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA § 319.56–25 in residential areas and shall continue into the United States only in accord- through harvest. ance with this section and all other ap- (3) The peppers have been grown in plicable provisions of this subpart. insect-proof plastic screenhouses ap- (a) The papayas were grown and proved by the DPPI and APHIS. Houses packed for shipment to the continental shall be examined periodically by DPPI United States (including Alaska), Puer- or APHIS personnel for tears in either to Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands in plastic or screening. one of the following locations: (4) Trapping for Mediterranean fruit (1) Brazil: State of Espirito Santo; all fly (Medfly) shall be conducted by areas in the State of Bahia that are be- DPPI throughout the year in the agri- tween the Jequitinhonha River and the cultural region along Arava Highway border with the State of Espirito Santo 90 and in the residential area of Paran. and all areas in the State of Rio The capture of a single Medfly in a Grande del Norte that contain the fol- screenhouse will immediately cancel lowing municipalities: Touros, Pureza, export from that house until the source Rio do Fogo, Barra de Maxaranguape, of the infestation is delimited, trap Taipu, Ceara Mirim, Extremoz, Ielmon density is increased, pesticide sprays Marinho, Sao Goncalo do Amarante, are applied, or other measures accept- Natal, Maciaba, Parnamirim, Veracruz, able to APHIS are taken to prevent Sao Jose de Mipibu, Nizia Floresta, further occurrences. Monte Aletre, Areas, Senador Georgino (5) Signs in English and Hebrew shall Avelino, Espirito Santo, Goianinha, be posted along Arava Highway 90 stat- Tibau do Sul, Vila Flor, and ing that it is prohibited to throw out/ Canguaretama e Baia Formosa. discard fruits and vegetables from pass- ing vehicles. (2) Costa Rica: Provinces of (6) Sorting and packing of peppers Guanacaste, Puntarenas, San Jose. shall be done in the insect-proof (3) El Salvador: Departments of La screenhouses in the Arava Valley. Libertad, La Paz, and San Vicente. (7) Prior to movement from approved (4) Guatemala: Departments of insect-proof screenhouses in the Arava Escuintla, Retalhuleu, Santa Rosa, and Valley, the peppers must be packed in Suchitepe´quez. either individual insect-proof cartons (5) Honduras: Departments of or in non-insect-proof cartons that are Comayagua, Corte´s, and Santa covered by insect-proof mesh or plastic Ba´ rbara. tarpaulins; covered non-insect-proof (6) Nicaragua: Departments of Carazo, cartons must be placed in shipping con- Granada, Leon, Managua, Masaya, and tainers. Rivas. (8) The packaging safeguards re- (7) Panama: Provinces of Cocle, Her- quired by paragraph (b)(7) of this sec- rera, and Los Santos; Districts of tion must remain intact at all times Aleanje, David, and Dolega in the Prov- during the movement of the peppers to ince of Chiriqui; and all areas in the the United States and must be intact Province of Panama that are west of upon arrival of the peppers in the the Panama Canal; or United States. (b) The papayas were grown by a (9) Each consignment of peppers must grower registered with the national be accompanied by a phytosanitary plant protection organization (NPPO) certificate issued by the Israeli na- of the exporting country and packed tional plant protection organization for shipment to the continental United stating that the conditions of para- States (including Alaska) in Colombia graphs (b)(1) through (b)(7) of this sec- or Ecuador. tion have been met. (c) Beginning at least 30 days before (Approved by the Office of Management and harvest began and continuing through Budget under control number 0579–0210) the completion of harvest, all trees in the field where the papayas were grown § 319.56–25 Papayas from Central were kept free of papayas that were America and South America. one-half or more ripe (more than one- Commercial consignments of the fourth of the shell surface yellow), and Solo type of papaya may be imported all culled and fallen fruits were buried, 319 VerDate Mar<15>2010 11:29 Feb 10, 2012 Jkt 226016 PO 00000 Frm 00329 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:\SGML\226016.XXX 226016 emcdonald on DSK29S0YB1PROD with CFR § 319.56–26 7 CFR Ch. III (1–1–12 Edition) destroyed, or removed from the farm at trap per week, importations of papayas least twice a week. from that production area must be (d) The papayas were held for 20 min- halted until the rate of capture drops utes in hot water at 48 °C (118.4 °F). to an average of 7 or fewer South (e) When packed, the papayas were American fruit flies per trap per week. less than one-half ripe (the shell sur- (h) All activities described in para- face was no more than one-fourth yel- graphs (a) through (h) of this section low, surrounded by light green), and were carried out under the supervision appeared to be free of all injurious in- and direction of plant health officials sect pests. of the NPPO. (f) The papayas were safeguarded (i) All consignments must be accom- from exposure to fruit flies from har- panied by a phytosanitary certificate vest to export, including being pack- issued by the NPPO of the exporting aged so as to prevent access by fruit country stating that the papayas were flies and other injurious insect pests. grown, packed, and shipped in accord- The package containing the papayas ance with the provisions of this sec- does not contain any other fruit, in- tion. cluding papayas not qualified for im- (Approved by the Office of Management portation into the United States. and Budget under control numbers (g) Beginning at least 1 year before 0579-0128 and 0579-0358) harvest begins and continuing through the completion of harvest, fruit fly [75 FR 22210, Apr. 28, 2010] traps were maintained in the field where the papayas were grown. The § 319.56–26 Melon and watermelon traps were placed at a rate of 1 trap per from certain countries in South America. hectare and were checked for fruit flies at least once weekly by plant health (a) Cantaloupe and watermelon from officials of the NPPO. Fifty percent of Ecuador. Cantaloupe (Cucumis melo) and the traps were of the McPhail type and watermelon (fruit) (Citrullus lanatus) 50 percent of the traps were of the may be imported into the United Jackson type. The NPPO kept records States from Ecuador only in accord- of fruit fly finds for each trap, updated ance with this paragraph and all other the records each time the traps were applicable provisions of this subpart: checked, and made the records avail- (1) The cantaloupe or watermelon able to APHIS inspectors upon request. may be imported in commercial con- The records were maintained for at signments only. least 1 year. (2) The cantaloupe or watermelon (1) If the average Jackson fruit fly must have been grown in an area where trap catch was greater than seven Med- trapping for the South American iterranean fruit flies (Ceratitis capitata) cucurbit fly (Anastrepha grandis) has (Medfly) per trap per week, measures been conducted for at least the pre- were taken to control the Medfly popu- vious 12 months by the national plant lation in the production area. If the av- protection organization (NPPO) of Ec- erage Jackson fruit fly trap catch ex- uador, under the direction of APHIS, ceeds 14 Medflies per trap per week, im- with no findings of the pest. 4 portations of papayas from that pro- (3) The following area meets the re- duction area must be halted until the quirements of paragraph (a)(2) of this rate of capture drops to an average of section: The area within 5 kilometers 7 or fewer Medflies per trap per week. of either side of the following roads: (2) In Colombia, Ecuador, or the (i) Beginning in Guayaquil, the road State of Espirito Santo, Brazil, if the north through Nobol, Palestina, and average McPhail trap catch was great- Balzar to Velasco-Ibarra (Empalme); er than seven South American fruit flies (Anastrepha fraterculus) per trap 4 per week, measures were taken to con- Information on the trapping program may be obtained by writing to the Animal and trol the South American fruit fly popu- Plant Health Inspection Service, Inter- lation in the production area. If the av- national Services, Stop 3432, 1400 Independ- erage McPhail fruit fly trap catch ex- ence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250– ceeds 14 South American fruit flies per 3432. 320 VerDate Mar<15>2010 11:29 Feb 10, 2012 Jkt 226016 PO 00000 Frm 00330 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:\SGML\226016.XXX 226016 emcdonald on DSK29S0YB1PROD with CFR.