federal_register: 2014-24246
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| 2014-24246 | Importation of Fresh Bananas From the Philippines Into Hawaii and U.S. Territories | Rule | We are amending the regulations concerning the importation of fruits and vegetables to allow the importation of fresh bananas from the Philippines into Guam, Hawaii, and the Northern Mariana Islands. As a condition of entry, the bananas will have to be produced in accordance with a systems approach that includes requirements for importation of commercial consignments, monitoring of fruit flies to establish low-prevalence places of production, harvesting only of hard green bananas, and inspection for quarantine pests by the national plant protection organization of the Philippines. The bananas will also have to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an additional declaration stating that they were grown, packed, and inspected and found to be free of quarantine pests in accordance with the proposed requirements. This action will allow the importation of bananas from the Philippines into Guam, Hawaii, and the Northern Mariana Islands while continuing to protect against the introduction of plant pests. | 2014-10-10 | 2014 | 10 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/10/10/2014-24246/importation-of-fresh-bananas-from-the-philippines-into-hawaii-and-us-territories | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2014-10-10/pdf/2014-24246.pdf | Agriculture Department; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service | 12,22 | We are amending the regulations concerning the importation of fruits and vegetables to allow the importation of fresh bananas from the Philippines into Guam, Hawaii, and the Northern Mariana Islands. As a condition of entry, the bananas will have to be... |