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APHIS Proposes Rule to Allow Colombian Hass Avocado and Taiwanese Orchid Imports

October 26, 2016


The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has proposed rules to allow the importation of Hass avocados from Colombia, provided that producers met certain eligibility requirements; rules have also been proposed to allow the importation of Taiwanese Dendrobium orchid plants in approved growing media. Any public comments regarding these rule changes are due by December 27, 2016.

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