Notice2024-00267
Importation of Fresh Rhizomes of Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) for Consumption From Mexico Into the United States
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Published
January 10, 2024
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Agriculture DepartmentAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Abstract
We are advising the public that we have prepared a pest risk analysis that evaluates the risks associated with importation of fresh rhizomes of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) for consumption from Mexico into the United States. Based on the analysis, we have determined that the application of one or more designated phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via the importation of fresh rhizomes of turmeric from Mexico. We are making the pest risk analysis available to the public for review and comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1517-1518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00267]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2023-0081]
Importation of Fresh Rhizomes of Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) for
Consumption From Mexico Into the United States
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that we have prepared a pest risk
analysis that evaluates the risks associated with importation of fresh
rhizomes of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) for consumption from Mexico
into the United States. Based on the analysis, we have determined that
the application of one or more designated phytosanitary measures will
be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating
plant pests or noxious weeds via the importation of fresh rhizomes of
turmeric from Mexico. We are making the pest risk analysis available to
the public for review and comment.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before March
11, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
Enter APHIS-2023-0081 in the Search field. Select the Documents tab,
then select the Comment button in the list of documents.
<bullet> Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2023-0081, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD,
APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1238.
Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may
be viewed at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>
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or in our reading room, which is located in Room 1620 of the USDA South
Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC.
Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone is there to help you,
please call (202) 799-7039 before coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Marc Phillips, Senior Regulatory
Policy Specialist, Regulatory Coordination and Compliance, PPQ, APHIS,
4700 River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; phone: (301) 851-
2114; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5934382b3a77293130353530292a192c2a3d38773e362f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="92fff3e0f1bce2fafbfefefbe2e1d2e7e1f6f3bcf5fde4">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Under the regulations in ``Subpart L--Fruits and Vegetables'' (7
CFR 319.56-1 through 319.56-12, referred to below as the regulations),
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) prohibits or
restricts the importation of fruits and vegetables into the United
States from certain parts of the world to prevent plant pests from
being introduced into or disseminated within the United States.
Section 319.56-4 contains a performance-based process for approving
the importation of fruits and vegetables that, based on the findings of
a pest risk analysis, can be safely imported subject to one or more of
the five designated phytosanitary measures listed in paragraph (b) of
that section.
APHIS received a request from the national plant protection
organization (NPPO) of Mexico to allow the importation of fresh
rhizomes of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) for consumption from Mexico
into the United States. As part of our evaluation of Mexico's request,
we have prepared a pest risk assessment to identify the pests of
quarantine significance that could follow the pathway of the
importation of fresh rhizomes of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) for
consumption from Mexico into the United States. Based on the pest risk
assessment, a risk management document (RMD) was prepared to identify
phytosanitary measures that could be applied to the fresh rhizomes of
turmeric to mitigate the pest risk.
Therefore, in accordance with Sec. 319.56-4(c), we are announcing
the availability of our pest risk assessment and RMD for public review
and comment. Those documents, as well as a description of the economic
considerations associated with the importation of fresh rhizomes of
turmeric from Mexico, may be viewed on the <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a> website or
in our reading room (see ADDRESSES above for a link to <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>
and information on the location and hours of the reading room). You may
request paper copies of the pest risk assessment and RMD by calling or
writing to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Please refer to the subject of the analysis you wish to review when
requesting copies.
After reviewing any comments that we receive, we will announce our
decision regarding the import status of fresh rhizomes of turmeric from
Mexico in a subsequent notice. If the overall conclusions of our
analysis and the Administrator's determination of risk remain unchanged
following our consideration of the comments, then we will authorize the
importation of fresh rhizomes of turmeric from Mexico into the United
States subject to the requirements specified in the RMD.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1633, 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 4th day of January 2024.
Donna Lalli,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-00267 Filed 1-9-24; 8:45 am]
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