# Importation of Fresh Persimmons From New Zealand Into the United States
> **Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service** · Final rule. · Published 2017-10-03 · Effective 2017-11-02 · 82 FR 45955
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-21185
- **Category:** plant-animal-health
- **Sub-agency:** Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 45955
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 319
- **Publication date:** 2017-10-03
- **Effective date:** 2017-11-02
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. APHIS-2015-0052
## Abstract

We are amending the regulations concerning the importation of fruits and vegetables to allow the importation of fresh persimmons from New Zealand into the United States. As a condition of entry, the persimmons must be produced in accordance with a systems approach that includes requirements for orchard certification, orchard pest control, post-harvest safeguards, fruit culling, traceback, sampling, and treatment with either hot water or modified atmosphere treatment. The persimmons will also have to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an additional declaration stating that they were produced under, and meet all the components of, the systems approach and were inspected and found to be free of quarantine pests in accordance with the requirements. This action allows the importation of fresh persimmons from New Zealand while continuing to protect against the introduction of plant pests into the United States.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/10/03/2017-21185/importation-of-fresh-persimmons-from-new-zealand-into-the-united-states)
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