CDFA Issues Permit for Movement of Selected Mandarins with Stems
and/or Leaves Attached
CDFA’s Plant Health and Pest Prevention
Services (PHPPS) TODAY notified all
county agricultural commissioners
of a newly issued PEST EXCLUSION ADVISORY Permit
regarding movement of mandarin fruit with stems and/or leaves
attached
produced inside an ACP quarantine area for shipment into and within a
noncontiguous
ACP quarantine area.
-
Mandarin fruit with attached stems
and/or leaves produced within an ACP
-regulated area may now be shipped to a
noncontiguous ACP regulated area.
- Mandarins with attached stems and/or
leaves produced/originated from an area
regulated for Citrus Greening (CG) are
NOT eligible for this program.
- Eligible mandarins with attached stems
and/or leaves produced within ACP regulated
areas shall NOT be processed
and/or packaged in an area regulated for CG.
- Eligible mandarins with attached stems
and/or leaves produced within ACP regulated
areas shall not be shipped
intrastate to areas of the state that are not regulated for
ACP.
- Eligible mandarins with attached stems
and/or leaves produced within ACP regulated
areas shall NOT be shipped
interstate.
Among the Permit requirements for all
agricultural entities that handle the crop are to:
- Have a signed Compliance Agreement with
the ACP Project/Agricultural Commissioner
- Comply with on-site inspections
- Use standard packinghouse procedures
including washing, brushing, and disinfecting delivered mandarins
- Seal shipments from time of loading to
unloading
- Isolate mandarins from fruit that has
not been properly handled
- Dispose of stems and leaves properly
- Break the shipment seal at destination
by a state regulatory official or as required by the permit
If there are any questions concerning
this advisory, contact Vince Arellano at (916)
654-
0312.
Labels: CDFA Issues Permit for Movement of Selected Mandarins with Stems and/or Leaves Attached, HLB Quarantine Permit for Mandarins, REGULATED SHIPMENTS OF ACP-QUARANTINED MANDARINS PERMITTED