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2CABI Invasive Species Compendium 2015: 

http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/12367. 

Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis 

capitata), or Medfly. The commenter 

stated that the Mexican State of Chiapas 

has had recurring outbreaks of Medfly 

and requested that imports of fresh 

tejocote fruit from Mexico not be 

permitted into the commenter’s State 

until the shipping protocol described in 

the PRA has had sufficient time to 

demonstrate that Medfly outbreaks in 

Chiapas do not result in an introduction 

of Medfly into the United States. 

Another commenter opposed to the 

importation of tejocote fruit cited Web 

sites and unspecified articles and stated 

that they contain information about 

tejocote crop damage caused by fruit 

flies in parts of Mexico, including 

Chiapas, where tejocote is grown 

commercially. 

We were unable to find information 

about tejocote crop damage in Mexico 

on the Web sites listed by the 

commenter. APHIS recognizes Mexico 

as having eradicated Medfly, a 

determination that has been 

corroborated by CABI, an 

internationally recognized pest 

monitoring resource.2 While there have 

been occasional introductions of Medfly 

along the border between the Mexican 

State of Chiapas and Guatemala, APHIS 

has determined that no established 

populations of Medfly exist in any part 

of Mexico. Furthermore, APHIS operates 

the Moscamed program in cooperation 

with Guatemala and Mexico to detect 

and eradicate introductions into Mexico 

through surveillance trapping, fruit 

sampling, biological and mechanical 

controls, release of sterile Medflies, 

public education efforts, and the 

establishment of fruit fly-free areas. We 

have determined that the Moscamed 

program possesses the capability to 

detect, contain, and eradicate Medfly 

outbreaks within commercial tejocote 

growing areas of Mexico. If an outbreak 

of Medfly were to occur and APHIS 

determined that it posed an 

unacceptable phytosanitary risk to the 

United States, we would immediately 

prohibit the importation of fresh 

tejocote fruit from Mexico. This practice 

is consistent with actions we have taken 

toward imports of commodities from 

other countries considered free of 

certain quarantine pests when such 

pests appear in those countries and pose 

an unacceptable import risk to the 

United States. 

The PRA identified three designated 

measures as necessary to ensure the safe 

importation of tejocote fruit from 

Mexico: 

• The tejocote fruit must be imported 

in commercial consignments only. 

• Each consignment of tejocote fruit 

must be accompanied by a 

phytosanitary certificate issued by the 

NPPO of Mexico stating the following: 

‘‘Tejocote fruit in this consignment were 

inspected and are free of pests.’’ 

• Each shipment of tejocote fruit is 

subject to inspection upon arrival at 

port of entry to the United States. 

One commenter noted that the PRA 

identified no quarantine pests likely to 

follow the pathway of commercial 

consignments. As a result, the 

commenter suggested that port-of-entry 

inspection be the only required 

measure. 

APHIS has concluded that the 

measures indicated in the PRA are 

necessary to effectively mitigate the pest 

risk associated with fresh tejocote fruit 

imported from Mexico. 

Only commercial consignments of 

tejocote fruit will be allowed to be 

imported from Mexico for sale and 

distribution. Commercial consignments, 

as defined in § 319.56–2, are 

consignments that an inspector 

identifies as having been imported for 

sale and distribution. Produce grown 

commercially is less likely to be infested 

with plant pests than noncommercial 

consignments. Noncommercial 

consignments are more prone to 

infestations because the commodity is 

often ripe to overripe, could be of a 

variety with unknown susceptibility to 

pests, and is often grown with little or 

no pest control. 

Consignments of fresh tejocote fruit 

from Mexico will also be required to be 

accompanied by a phytosanitary 

certificate. The phytosanitary certificate 

provides additional assurance that the 

NPPO of Mexico has inspected the 

commodity and determined that it 

meets the requirements for importation 

into the United States and is free of 

pests. 

Three commenters opposed the 

importation of tejocote fruit from 

Mexico on grounds that U.S. growers 

could suffer economically as a result of 

competition with imported tejocote 

fruit. 

Under the Plant Protection Act (7 

U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), we have the 

authority to prohibit or restrict the 

importation of plants and plant 

products only when necessary to 

prevent the introduction into or 

dissemination of plant pests or noxious 

weeds within the United States. We do 

not have the authority to restrict imports 

solely on the grounds of potential 

economic effects on domestic entities 

that could result from increased 

imports. 

Therefore, in accordance with the 

regulations in § 319.56–4(c)(2)(ii), we 

are announcing our decision to 

authorize the importation into the 

continental United States of fresh 

tejocote fruit from Mexico subject to the 

following phytosanitary measures: 

• The tejocote fruit must be imported 

in commercial consignments only. 

• Each consignment of tejocote fruit 

must be accompanied by a 

phytosanitary certificate issued by the 

NPPO of Mexico stating the following: 

‘‘Tejocote fruit in this consignment were 

inspected and are free of pests.’’ 

• Each shipment of tejocote fruit is 

subject to inspection upon arrival at 

port of entry to the United States. 

These conditions will be listed in the 

Fruits and Vegetables Import 

Requirements database (available at 

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/favir). In 

addition to these specific measures, 

fresh tejocote fruit from Mexico will be 

subject to the general requirements 

listed in § 319.56–3 that are applicable 

to the importation of all fruits and 

vegetables. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 7701–7772, and 

7781–7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 7 CFR 

2.22, 2.80, and 371.3. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 25th day of 

March 2015. 

Michael C. Gregoire, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

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Food and Nutrition Service 

Title: The Integrity Program (TIP) Data 

Collection. 

OMB Control Number: 0584–0401. 

Summary of Collection: This is a 

request for extension, without revision, 

to an existing collection. The Women, 

Infant, and Children (WIC) Program 

regulations at 7 CFR 246.12(j)(5), 

requires State agencies to report 

annually on their vendor monitoring 

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Procedures; FNS 699, the Integrity 

Profile Report Form; and FNS 700, TIP 

Data Entry Form. The collected 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Office of the Secretary 

Meeting Notice of the National 

Agricultural Research, Extension, 

Education, and Economics Advisory 

Board 

AGENCY: Research, Education, and 

Economics, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 

U.S.C. App 2, Section 1408 of the 

National Agricultural Research, 

Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 

1977 (7 U.S.C. 3123), and the 

Agricultural Act of 2014, the United 

States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) announces an open virtual 

meeting of the National Agricultural 

Research, Extension, Education, and 

Economics Advisory Board. 

DATES: The National Agricultural 

Research, Extension, Education, and 

Economics Advisory Board will meet 

via teleconference on April 14, 2015, at 

2:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

virtually at the AT&T Meeting Room 

below. Please follow the pre-registration 

instructions to ensure your participation 

in the meeting. 

Call-In instructions for Tuesday, April 

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Time: 

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PIN, and the participant will also 

receive an email confirmation of this 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michele Esch, Designated Federal 

Officer and Executive Director, National 

Agricultural Research, Extension, 

Education, and Economics Advisory 

Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW., STOP 

0321, Washington, DC 20250–0321; 

telephone: (202) 720–3684; fax: (202) 

720–6199; or email: nareee@

ars.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. 

Eastern Daylight Time a virtual meeting 

of the National Agricultural Research, 

Extension, Education, and Economics 

Advisory Board will be conducted to 

hear the summary of findings and 

recommendations on the review of the 

animal handling, care, and welfare at 

the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, 

hear stakeholder input received from 

this meeting as well as other written 

comments, and provide input on the 

report. The report is available at 

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to the public and any interested 

individuals wishing to attend. 

Opportunity for verbal public comment 

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meeting. Written comments by 

attendees or other interested 

stakeholders will be welcomed for the 

public record before and up to the day 

of the meeting (by close of business 

Tuesday, April 14, 2015). All written 

statements must be sent to Michele 

Esch, Designated Federal Officer and 

Executive Director, National 

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Education, and Economics Advisory 

Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW., STOP 

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email: nareee@ars.usda.gov. All 

statements will become a part of the 

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review in the Research, Education, and 

Economics Advisory Board Office. 

Done at Washington, DC, this 20th day of 

March 2015. 

Ann Bartuska, 

Deputy Under Secretary, Research, 

Education, and Economics. 

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