APHIS Establishes a Host List for Regulated Articles for the Queensland Fruit Fly (Bactrocera tryoni)

FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION
DA-2024-22
June 18, 2024

Subject: APHIS Establishes a Host List for Regulated Articles for the Queensland Fruit Fly (Bactrocera tryoni)

To: State, Territory, and Tribal Agricultural Regulatory Officials

Effective immediately, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) established a host list for regulated articles for the Queensland fruit fly (QFF), Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt). The berries, fruits, nuts, or vegetables of these hosts are regulated articles. QFF is a destructive fruit fly that is native to Australia and is not endemic to the United States. QFF attacks more than 120 plant species, including numerous commercial varieties of fruits and vegetables. This action is necessary due to the ongoing QFF quarantine in California, described in DA-2023-21, the first for this species in the Western Hemisphere. APHIS will use this list for domestic federal regulations when establishing quarantines for this pest.

APHIS will regulate the interstate movement of QFF regulated articles from all quarantined areas in the United States in accordance with 7 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 301.32 et seq., and any applicable provisions of this and other Federal Orders. The berries, fruits, nuts, or vegetables of the plant species listed in the attached Federal Order are now regulated articles for QFF, and 7 CFR § 301.32-2 allows the weblisting of fruit fly regulated articles.

The QFF host list, the current QFF quarantine area, and this Federal Order are located on the APHIS exotic fruit flies webpage. APHIS will follow this action by publishing a notice in the Federal Register.

For additional information on the Fruit Fly Exclusion and Detection program, please contact:

Richard Johnson
National Policy Manager
(301) 851-2109
richard.n.johnson@usda.gov 

Avraham Eitam
Assistant National Policy Manager
(614) 205-4565
avraham.eitam@usda.gov 

/s/

Dr. Mark L Davidson
Deputy Administrator
Plant Protection and Quarantine

 Federal Order (351.8 KB)