Voluntary Report - public distribution

**Date:** 10/5/2004

**GAIN Report Number:** MX4115

MX0000

**Mexico**

**FAIRS Product Specific**

**Emergency Regulation for Mediterranean Flies -NOM-EM-042-FITO-2004**

**2004**

**Approved by:**

![](media/image1.wmf)Suzanne Heinen

U.S. Embassy Mexico City

**Prepared by:**

Dulce Flores

**Report Highlights:**

Due to an outbreak of Mediterranean flies in Tijuana, Baja California,
the Mexican government published an emergency regulation with the
purpose of establishing phytosanitary measures to eradicate and stop
dissemination of the Med-fly *Ceratitis capitata* from the County of
Tijuana in Baja California. This regulation will be effective for six
months.

Includes PSD Changes: No

Includes Trade Matrix: No

Unscheduled Report

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**Introduction:** This report summarizes an announcement related to an
outbreak of Mediterranean flies published in Mexico's "*Diario Oficial*"
(Federal Register) on September 30, 2004.

**Disclaimer:** This summary is based on a *cursory* review of the
subject announcement and therefore should not, under any circumstances,
be viewed as a definitive reading of the regulation in question, or of
its implications for U.S. agricultural export trade interests. In the
event of a discrepancy or discrepancies between this summary and the
complete regulation or announcement as published in Spanish, the latter
shall prevail.

**Title:** Emergency Official Mexican Norm -- NOM-EM-042-FITO-2004 -- to
implement the National Emergency Mechanism, in terms of article 46 of
the Federal Plant Health Law, with the purpose of eradicating the
outbreak of Mediterranean fly in the County of Tijuana in the state of
Baja California.

**FAS/Mexico's Executive Summary:** The Secretariat of Agriculture
(SAGARPA) published in the *Diario Oficial* (Federal Register), on
September 30, 2004, the Emergency Official Mexican Norm --
NOM-EM-042-FITO-2004, with the purpose of establishing phytosanitary
measures to eradicate and stop dissemination of the Med-fly *Ceratitis
capitata* from the County of Tijuana in Baja California. This regulation
applies to vegetable products and organisms host to the Med-fly. The
regulation will also apply to vehicles that might transport the Med-fly;
urban, suburban and commercial areas; land, maritime and air
transportation; their containers and packing material as well as other
installations related with Med-fly host products (packing plants,
warehouses, commercialization centers).

The County of Tijuana in Baja California is quarantined and all
vegetable products host to the Med-fly that are produced, stored or
packed in this County are prohibited from movement outside the county.
Vegetable products that originate in the Counties of Tecate, Ensenada,
Mexicali, and Playas de Rosarito in Baja California may be shipped with
a Phytosanitary Certificate for Domestic Mobilization. Shipments of
vegetable products host to the Med-fly that transit through the County
of Tijuana to the rest of the country, domestic or imported, must be
sealed.

SAGARPA will have several verification points in the area and will
inspect to ensure that all shipments comply with regulations in place.
SAGARPA will also inspect travelers' luggage, bags or packages in buses,
private cars, and passengers hand-carried and checked luggage at the
international airport. Fruit will be destroyed when found in small bags.
Shipments that do not comply with regulations or that do not have a
Phytosanitary Certificate will be retained and returned to their place
of origin.

**Regulated Products.** Apples (Malus sylvestris-M. pumila), apricots
(Prunus armeniaca), avocados (Persea americana), cherries (Prunus avium,
P. cerasus), dates (Phoenix dactylifera), egg plants (Solanum melongena
L.), figs (Ficus carica), grapes (Vitis spp), grapefruit (Citrus
paradise), lime (Citrus limon, C. limon-reticulata, C. jambhiri),
mangoes (Mangifera indica), oranges (Citrus sinensis), olives (Olea
europea), papaya (Carica papaya), peach (Prunus persica), chile
(Capsicum frutescens, C. annuum), persimón (Diospyros kaki), plum
(Prunus domestica), granade (Punica granatum), tomato (Lycopersicon
esculentum), prickly pear (Opuntia spp), pear (Pyrus communis),
nectarine (Prunus persicae var. nucipersica), cucumber (Cucumis
sativus), coffee (Coffea arabica), guaba (Psidium guajava), chirimoya
(Annona cherimola), mandarine (Citrus reticulata), sour orange (Citrus
aurantium), pomelo (Citrus grandis), calamondin (Citrus mitis), cidra
(Citrus medica), litchi (Nephelium litchi), pink apple (Diospyros
virginiana), kaki (Diospyros kaki), medlar (Eriobotrya japonica), Feijoa
sellowiana, kunquat (Fortunella japonica), Macadamia spp., Mimusops
elengi, Spondias purpurea, quince (Cydonia oblonga), Eugenia uniflora,
almendro (Terminalia catappa), anona colorada (Annona reticulata), anona
blanca (Annona squamosa), caimito (Chrysophyllum caimito), tejocote
(Crataegus pubescens), zapote amarillo (Lucuma salicifolia), star fruit
(Averrhoa carambola), kiwi (Actinidia chinensis) and raspberry (Rubus
idaeus).

**Important Dates**

**1. Publication Date:** September 30, 2004

**2. Effective Date:** October 1, 2004. This regulation will be in
effect for six months.

**For More Information:**

AgMexico@usda.gov

*Fax:* 011-52-55-5080-2532

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