New educational material on PI from the Australian Department of Agriculture

The Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry posted an interesting series of infographics on phytosanitary irradiation mostly for the information of traders.  The Irradiation Insights series includes four educational infographics with their transcripts, a PDF file and a Word file: Food irradiation for safe...

Imports of mangoes from Grenada into the US to resume

The import of mangoes from Grenada into the US was permitted in 1987 but interception of mango seed weevil in the early 2000s led to a suspension of imports. The Grenada Ministry of Agriculture recently requested that USDA-APHIS allow the resumption of export of Grenada mangoes...

Important publication on species radiosensitivity distribution for PI

On February 9, 2023, Scientific Reports published on line an article of Cory Penca, Andrea L. Beam and Woodward D. Bailey of the USDA-APHIS-PPQ-S&T Treatment and Inspection Methods Laboratory in Miami, Florida, USA. The article is an important contribution towards the development of more generic...