APHIS amends Federal Order for Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 (Foc TR4) Import Restrictions

FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION
DA-2023-07
July 14, 2023

Subject: APHIS amends Federal Order for Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 (Foc TR4) Import Restrictions

To: State, Tribal, and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials

Effective July 19, 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the Federal Order DA-2021-10, issued on May 21, 2021, to add Venezuela to the list of countries where Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 (Foc TR4) is known to exist. The attached revised Federal Order replaces the May 21, 2021, Federal Order (DA-2021-10).

For additional information regarding this Federal Order, please contact Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist Robert M. Bishop at 970-803-0078 or robert.m.bishop@usda.gov.

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Dr. Mark L Davidson
Deputy Administrator
Plant Protection and Quarantine