# Importation of Eggplant From Israel
> **Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service** · Final rule. · Published 2009-06-03 · Effective 2009-07-06 · 74 FR 26511
## Document
- **Document number:** E9-12929
- **Category:** plant-animal-health
- **Sub-agency:** Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 74 FR 26511
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 319
- **Publication date:** 2009-06-03
- **Effective date:** 2009-07-06
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. APHIS-2007-0153
## Abstract

We are amending the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation into the continental United States of commercial consignments of fresh eggplant from Israel. As a condition of entry, the eggplant must be grown under a systems approach that includes requirements for pest exclusion at the production site, fruit fly trapping inside and outside the production site, and pest-excluding packinghouse procedures. The eggplant must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the Israeli national plant protection organization with an additional declaration confirming that the eggplants have been produced in accordance with those requirements. This action will allow for the importation of commercial consignments of fresh eggplant from Israel into the United States while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of quarantine pests.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/06/03/E9-12929/importation-of-eggplant-from-israel)
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