APHIS removes Costa Rica from TR4-related restrictions after acknowledging error

Published 2021년 5월 25일

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The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has removed Costa Rica from a list of countries from which imports of banana plant parts are prohibited, following a complaint from Costa Rica. APHIS had initially banned imports of certain plant parts of all banana and plantain species from countries where the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. Sp. Cubense Tropical race 4 (Foc TR4) is known to occur, but Costa Rica's State Phytosanitary Service (SFE) requested the correction, fearing restrictions on banana imports from Costa Rica, one of the largest exporters in the world. APHIS has since removed Costa Rica from the list, stating that Foc TR4 is not known to exist in the country.

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The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) removed Costa Rica from a list of countries from which imports of banana plant parts are now prohibited, following a complaint from the Central American country. APHIS announced Thursday that it was banning imports of certain plant parts of all banana and plantain species from countries where the devastating and highly contagious fungus is known to occur. Countries included are Australia, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mayotte, Mozambique, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and Vietnam. However, Colombia and Peru are the only two Latin American countries where officials have confirmed detection in TR4. It was found in Colombia in 2019 and then in Peru earlier this year. On Friday, the State Phytosanitary Service of Costa Rica (SFE) issued a statement requesting that APHIS correct the error, amid fears that importing countries ...

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