USA: APHIS evaluates the risks associated with the importation of fresh cape gooseberry from Peru

The Federal Register of the United States notified of the availability of the pest risk analysis that evaluates the threats associated with the importation of fresh cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L.) from Peru to United States territory. “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 introduction or spread of harmful plant pests or weeds, through the importation of fresh cape gooseberry from Peru. “We are making the pest risk analysis available to the public for review and comment,” the Federal Register reported based on a notice from the U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). APHIS received a request from the National Agrarian Health Service of Peru to allow the importation of the fresh fruit. Given this, and as part of the evaluation of the request, the phytosanitary entity prepared a pest risk assessment, to identify pests of quarantine importance ...