Regulatory Watch

Fresh mango from Vietnam allowed for importation

APHIS sets guidelines for mango importation

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has amended regulations to allow the importation of fresh mango fruit from Vietnam.

The fruit will be subject to a systems approach, which includes orchard or packinghouse requirements, irradiation treatment, and port of entry inspection. This approach is aimed at stopping plant pests that may accompany mango fruit, including several varieties of fruit flies and mealybugs.

The updated regulations took effect on Dec. 29, 2017.

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Casey Laughman is the former Editor in Chief of Food Engineering magazine. He has almost two decades’ experience as a writer and editor for mainstream and trade publications. He spent several years as a writer and editor for two news services before becoming the editor of a legal publication and managing editor of a trade magazine that covered the commercial facilities market.