USDA revamps quarantine updates

USDA revamps quarantine updates    The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said it has revamped its Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) stakeholder registry e-mail subscription service.
   The service allows individuals to receive information about PPQ activities on a variety of plant health topics.
   The agency has redesigned the registry to enable PPQ to 'more effectively communicate urgent messages to the public and keep the public informed on day-to-day activities.'
   Current subscribers will need to subscribe to the new PPQ Stakeholder Registry to continue receiving e-mails on PPQ-related topics, APHIS said.
   Subscribers will be able to choose from a range of PPQ topics, such as PPQ 'hot issues,' federal notices, irradiation programs, foreign pests and diseases, plant pest programs, and updates to manuals and the Fruits and Vegetables Import Requirements database. Subscribers may also select how often to receive e-mails, the agency said.