USDA to allow Chilean pomegranate imports

South America

Friday, April 20, 2012

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending its regulations to allow the import of Chile-grown pomegranates into the United States, effective May 17. The agency said these imports are subject to the “systems approach.” Under this approach, the fruit must be grown at a site that is registered with Chile’s national plant protection organization and certified as having a low prevalence of Brevipalpus chilensis. The fruit must also under...

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