USDA allows longan imports from Taiwan

USDA allows longan imports from Taiwan    The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has amended its regulations to allow the importation of commercial shipments of fresh longan with stems from Taiwan into the United States.
   As a condition of entry, the agency said the longan will be subject to cold treatment and special port-of-arrival inspection procedures for certain quarantine pests.
   In addition, the fruit must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate stating that it was inspected and found free of the quarantine pests, and the individual cartons in which the longan are shipped will be stamped prohibiting their importation into or distributed in Florida.
   The rule becomes effective on June 19.