. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1827/Add.2 
13 July 2009  
 (09-3415) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 9 July 2009, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States
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Final rule:  Movement of Hass Avocados from Are as Where Mexican Fruit Fly or Sapote Fruit Fly 
Exist (Docket No. APHIS–2006–0189)  
 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice (APHIS) of the US Department of 
Agriculture is amending the regulati ons to relieve certain restrictions  regarding the movement of Hass 
variety avocados.  Specifically, we are amending our  domestic quarantine regulations to provide for 
the interstate movement, with a certificate, of Hass avocados from areas in the United States 
quarantined for Mexican fruit fly or sapote fruit fly, provided that the fruit is safeguarded after harvest 
in accordance with specific measures.  We are al so amending our foreign quarantine regulations to 
remove trapping and bait spray tr eatment requirements related to Anastrepha  spp. fruit flies for 
imported Hass avocados from Michoacan, Mexico.  These actions are warranted in light of research 
demonstrating the limited host status of Hass avocados to various speci es of fruit flies in the genus 
Anastrepha , including Mexican fruit fly and sapote fruit fly.  By amending both our domestic and 
foreign quarantine regulations, we are making th em consistent with each other and relieving 
restrictions for Mexican Hass avocado producers.  In addition, this action provides an alternative 
means for Hass avocados to be moved interstate if  the avocados originate from a Mexican fruit fly or 
sapote fruit fly quarantined area in the United States.  This final rule is effective 30 July 2009.  
  This final rule is available in English at:  Federal Register:  30 June 2009 (Volume 74, 
Number 124) Notices Pages 31154-31160.  To view online, go to  http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, select 2009 FR Vol. 74, and type "31154" in the search 
box (with quotation marks). 
  This action is subsequent to a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on 2 April 2008 
(2008 FR Volume 73, Number 64, Pages 17930-17935, Docket No. APHIS–2006–0189), in which APHIS announced a proposal to amend our domestic  quarantine regulations to provide for the 
interstate movement of Hass avocados from Mexica n fruit fly and sapote fruit fly quarantined areas in 
the United States with a certificate if the fruit is saf eguarded after harvest in accordance with specific 
measures.  We also proposed to amend our foreign quarantine regulations to remove trapping and bait 
spray treatment requirements related to Anastrepha  spp. fruit flies for imported Hass avocados from 
Michoacan, Mexico.  (To view this notice online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, 
select 2008 FR Vol. 73, and type "17930" in the search box (with quotation marks)).  We solicited 
comments concerning our proposal for 60 days ending 2 June 2008.  We reopened and extended the 
deadline for comments until 26 June 2008, in a docu ment published in the Federal Register on G/SPS/N/USA/1827/Add.2 
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  12 June 2008.  We received eight comments by the close of the comment period.  They were from 
domestic and foreign avocado produ cers, exporters, researchers, a nd representatives of State and 
foreign governments.  
This addendum concerns a: 
 
 [   ] Modification of final date for comments  [ X ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
 [   ] Modification of content and/or sc ope of previously notified draft regulation 
 [   ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
 [   ] Change in proposed date of adoptio n, publication or date of entry into force 
 [   ] Other:     
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of th e previously notified measure in terms 
of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments should be 
provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days.  Under other circumstances, such as extension of 
originally announced final date for comments, th e comment period provided in the Addendum may 
vary.)  
 [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
 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 further information contact:  Regarding the inte rstate movement of Hass avocados from Mexican 
fruit fly and sapote fruit fly quarantined areas, cont act Mr. Wayne D. Burnett, Domestic Coordinator, 
Fruit Fly Exclusion and Detecti on, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road , Unit 137, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1231;  +(1 301) 734 6553.  Regarding import conditions for Hass  avoc ados from Mexico, contact Mr. 
David B. Lamb, Import Specialist,  Regulatory C oordination and Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 
Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231;  +(1 301) 734 0627   
Text 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, US DA Foreign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 10 27, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 
1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail :  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov  
 
 
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