date:Oct 15, 2018
stems Approach approved and described in an Operational Work Plan to be signed between APHIS-USDA and SENASA-MINAGRI.
APHIS will require that the consignments of pomegranate arils be accompanied by a Phytosanitary Certificate and an Additional Declaration issued by SENASA, stating that the shipment was inspected and found free of the Tephritidae fruit fly, in accordance to the provisions of the Federal Import Order No. DA-2018-36.
The Minister's visit
The lifting of the ban came as a result of