date:Jan 03, 2014
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has issued a Federal Order implementing new entry requirements for the importation of fresh blueberry fruit from Chile into the United States.
APHIS is taking this action in response to multiple detections of European Grapevine Moth (EGVM), Lobesia botrana, in Chilean blueberry orchards.
To prevent the introduction of EGVM into the United States, APHIS is requiring blueberry shipments from regions VI,