. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1926 
29 May 2009  
 (09-2579) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the US 
Department of Agriculture 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Musa spp. (banana), Mangifera indica (mango), Carica papaya (papaya), 
Cucumis melo (melon), Solanum lycopersicum (tomato), Capsicum annum (pepper), and 
Cucurbita pepo (squash), Citrus limonium (lemon), and Citrus aurantiifolia (sour lime) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[   ] All trading partners, or [ X ] Specific regions or countries:  Angola, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, 
Cameroon, Chad, Comoro Archipelago, including French territory of Mayotte, Congo, Congo Democratic Republic, Equato rial Guinea (Bioko Island), Ethiopia, 
Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea- Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, 
Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nami bia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra 
Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzan ia, Togo, Uganda and Zambia  
5. Title of the notified document:  Federal Import Quarantine Order for Host Materials of 
Bactrocera invadens (Diptera, Tephritidae), i nvasive fruit fly species (dated 8 May 2009) 
Language:  English  Number of pages:  4   
6. Description of content:  The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is 
issuing a Federal Order pursuant to the regulatory authority provided by the Plant Protection Act of 20 June 2000, as amended, Section 412(a), 7 U.S.C. 7712(a), to prevent 
the entry of Bactrocera Invadens into the United States.  Currently admissible fruit and 
vegetable hosts of Bactrocera invadens will be allowed entry into the United States from 
countries infested with this pest, only under th e conditions cited within  this Federal Order. 
To prevent the introduction of this harmful pest into the United States, this Federal Order is 
effective immediately upon issuance.  
Federal Orders will remain in effect until they  are revised by another Federal Order or until 
an interim rule on the subject is published. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, [  
 ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ X ] protect territory from other damage from pests.    G/SPS/N/USA/1926 
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  8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  Bactrocera invadens  is 
a fruit fly in the family of Tephritidae.  This  family contains a number of harmful plant 
pests of major agricultural concern to the Un ited States, including the Mediterranean fruit 
fly.  This quarantine action is necessary becau se the Administrator of the Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has determ ined that the introduction and establishment 
of Bactrocera invadens  poses a serious threat to many fruits and vegetables grown in the 
United States.  Bactrocera invadens  has spread rapidly since it was first recorded in 
Eastern Africa in 2003; it is now found in 33 African countries and three Asian countries. 
Bactrocera invadens  has been recorded attacking hos t commodities from 23 plant families 
and the number of reported hosts is expected to increase. 
9. Is there a relevant international standard ?  If so, identify the standard:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)    
[   ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ X ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[   ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the revelant international standard? 
 [ X ] Yes   [   ] No 
This notification complies with the Interna tional Standard on Phytosanitary Measures 
No.13 "Guidelines for the notification of non- compliance and emergency action".  This 
action is in accordance with the principles rela ted to emergency action of Article VII of the 
revised text of the International Plant Protection Convention.  
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
10. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:  
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/ plant_imports/federal_order/index.shtml  
11. Date of entry into force (dd/mm/yy)/period of application (as applicable):  8 May 2009   
[   ] Trading Facility measure  
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [   ] National Notification 
Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  For additional information regard ing this Federal Order, please 
contact:  ppq.ippc.notification@aphis.usda.gov  
13. Texts available from: [ X ] National Notification Authority, [   ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  United 
States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov