# Importation of Fruits and Vegetables
> **Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service** · Final rule. · Published 2008-02-29 · Effective 2008-03-31 · 73 FR 10971
## Document
- **Document number:** E8-3901
- **Category:** trade
- **Sub-agency:** Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 73 FR 10971
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 319
- **Publication date:** 2008-02-29
- **Effective date:** 2008-03-31
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. APHIS-2007-0116
## Abstract

We are amending the fruits and vegetables regulations by eliminating a treatment requirement for Ya pears imported from Shandong Province, China; clarifying the conditions that apply to the importation of sand pears from the Republic of Korea and Japan; and clarifying the distinction between plant parts that would be considered plant litter or debris and those that would not. These changes eliminate a treatment requirement that we have determined is no longer necessary and clarify some existing provisions in order to make the regulations easier to understand and implement.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/02/29/E8-3901/importation-of-fruits-and-vegetables)
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