REGULATED SHIPMENTS OF ACP-QUARANTINED MANDARINS PERMITTED

CDFA Issues Permit for Movement of Selected Mandarins with Stems and/or Leaves Attached

CDFA’s Plant Health and Pest Prevention Services (PHPPS) TODAY notified all county agricultural commissioners  of a newly issued PEST EXCLUSION ADVISORY Permit  regarding movement of mandarin fruit with stems and/or leaves attached produced inside an ACP quarantine area for shipment into and within a  noncontiguous ACP quarantine area.

 Mandarin fruit with attached stems and/or leaves produced within an ACP -regulated area may now be shipped to a noncontiguous ACP regulated area.  
Mandarins with attached stems and/or leaves produced/originated from an area  regulated for Citrus Greening (CG) are NOT eligible for this program.  
Eligible mandarins with attached stems and/or leaves produced within ACP regulated  areas shall NOT be processed and/or packaged in an area regulated for CG.  
Eligible mandarins with attached stems and/or leaves produced within ACP regulated  areas shall not be shipped intrastate to areas of the state that are not regulated for  ACP.  
Eligible mandarins with attached stems and/or leaves produced within ACP regulated  areas shall NOT be shipped interstate.

Among the Permit requirements for all agricultural entities that handle the crop are to:

Have a signed Compliance Agreement with the ACP Project/Agricultural Commissioner
Comply with on-site inspections
Use standard packinghouse procedures including washing, brushing, and disinfecting delivered mandarins
Seal shipments from time of loading to unloading
Isolate mandarins from fruit that has not been properly handled
Dispose of stems and leaves properly
Break the shipment seal at destination by a state regulatory official or as required by the permit