plant-animal-health · Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service · Rule · Published 2007-07-02 · Effective 2007-07-02 · 72 FR 35915
Document
Document number
E7-12770
Federal Register citation
72 FR 35915
CFR reference
7 CFR 353
Type
Rule
Action
Interim rule and request for comments.
Category
plant-animal-health
Sub-agency
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Publication date
2007-07-02
Effective date
2007-07-02
USDA docket
Docket No. APHIS-2006-0122
Abstract
We are amending the export certification regulations to clarify that an International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures No. 15 (ISPM 15) quality/treatment mark is an industry-issued certificate within the meaning of 7 CFR part 353 and thus may only be issued when the organization applying the certification mark has entered into an agreement with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. We are also removing all references to a certificate of heat treatment from the regulations because those certificates have been replaced by the ISPM 15 quality/treatment mark. These changes are necessary in order to ensure the appropriate issuance of the ISPM 15 quality/treatment mark.