# Importation of Fresh Andean Blackberry and Raspberry Fruit From Ecuador Into the Continental United States
> **Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service** · Final rule. · Published 2016-04-08 · Effective 2016-05-09 · 81 FR 20525
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-08191
- **Category:** plant-animal-health
- **Sub-agency:** Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 20525
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 319
- **Publication date:** 2016-04-08
- **Effective date:** 2016-05-09
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. APHIS-2014-0085
## Abstract

We are amending the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation of fresh Andean blackberry and raspberry fruit from Ecuador into the continental United States. As a condition of entry, the fruit will have to be produced in accordance with a systems approach that includes requirements for importation in commercial consignments from a pest free production site within a certified low pest prevalence area for fruit flies, and pest monitoring and trapping. The fruit will also have to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the national plant protection organization of Ecuador bearing an additional declaration stating that the consignment was produced and prepared for export in accordance with the requirements of the systems approach. This action will allow for the importation of fresh Andean blackberry and raspberry fruit from Ecuador while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of quarantine pests into the continental United States.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/04/08/2016-08191/importation-of-fresh-andean-blackberry-and-raspberry-fruit-from-ecuador-into-the-continental-united)
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