USDA REVISES REGULATIONS FOR MOVEMENT OF CITRUS FRUIT FROM FLORIDA

USDA's Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced Nov. 16 it is amending its citrus canker regulations to eliminate the pre-harvest grove inspection for all Florida citrus moving interstate. Instead, the amended regulations will require samples of each lot of citrus at the packinghouse be inspected to ensure the fruit is disease-free. APHIS will continue to prohibit Florida citrus from being shipped to other citrus-producing states and territories. The rule has been published in the Nov. 19 Federal Register

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