PPQ Manuals
Complete List of Electronic Manuals
Aerial Applications Manual (PDF; 6.3Mb) [Latest Update: 05/11/07]
Help plan and conduct aerial applications that support domestic, emergency, and biological control programs.
Agriculture Quarantine Inspection Monitoring Handbook (PDF; 1.63Mb) [Latest Update: 10/26/07]
Provides an information source for implementing AQIM at designated work locations, training employees about the basics of risk analysis and risk management, and analyzing information so managers can make better risk-based decisions.
Animal Product Manual [Latest Update: 09/08/08]
Provides the background, procedures, and regulatory actions to enforce the regulations governing the import and export of animals, animal products, and animal by-products.
Disclaimer of Liability: In using the Animal Product Manual on this web site, the U.S. Government neither warrants nor assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information or procedure disclosed. The primary purpose of this manual is to serve as a regulatory tool for officers. It is only posted for public access as a reference. It is not the intention of Plant Protection and Quarantine to provide specific regulatory advice, but rather to provide the public with information to better understand the regulatory processes for regulating meat and other animal products and by-products. The changing disease status of other countries and constant flux of import regulations, make it impossible to validate every piece of information in this manual. All of the information available in this manual is within the public domain. Therefore, such information in the manual may be freely downloaded and reproduced.
- Minimal Risk Rule Job Aid - This job aid is associated with the "Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Minimal Risk Rule Training for Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialists. [Latest Update: 02/21/08]
Biological Control of Pink Hibiscus Mealybug [Latest Update: 01/11/06]
Guides USDA personnel and cooperators in setting up and maintaining biological control programs against Pink Hibiscus Mealybug
English (PDF; 7.10Mb) | Spanish (PDF; 7.10Mb)
Canadian Border Manual [Latest Update: 09/15/08]
Serves as a guide for authorized Federal officers at ports of entry along the Canadian Border. Send all comments or questions to Bruce Attavian.
- Canadian Border Agricultural Job Aid –This job aid is associated with the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Integrated Training: Threats to Agriculture. The job aid is to enable CBP Officers to regulate noncommercial shipments only.
CITES I-II-III Timber Species Manual (PDF; 7.82Mb) [Latest Update: 05/12/08]
Provides CBP and PPQ personnel with guidelines for the import, re-export, violation, seizure, and forfeiture of CITES Appendix I, Appendix II, and Appendix III protected timber species.
- Request for Services to Transport, Store, and/or Dispose of Seized or Forfeited Shipments
(Fillable PDF Worksheet)
Emergency Programs Manual
PPQ is in the process of converting its emergency response management to the Incident Command System (ICS). A new manual incorporating ICS will be available in early 2005. The current manual serves as a guide to plan, conduct, and monitor orderly and successful emergency eradication projects against introduced plant pests. However, consult with your Regional Emergency Coordinator on how to properly structure an emergency program response. [Latest Update: 09/05/02]
Disclaimer of Liability: PPQ is in the process of converting its emergency response management to the Incident Command System (ICS). A new manual incorporating ICS will be available in 2006. The current manual serves as a guide to plan, conduct, and monitor orderly and successful emergency eradication projects against introduced plant pests, however, consult with your Regional Emergency Coordinator on how to properly structure an emergency program response.
Export Program Manual [Latest Update: 08/08/08]
An operational manual for Authorized Certification Officials to enable them to inspect and issue Federal Export Certificates for plants and plant products. Also provides information that helps exporters meet the plant quarantine import requirements of foreign countries. (First Edition of the Export Program Manual 12/2006-01)
Send all comments to Michael Perry.
Imported Fire Ant Program (PDF; 2.27Mb)
Provides PPQ personnel and cooperators with information and procedures for surveys, regulatory actions, and treatments of regulated commodities associated with the Imported Fire Ant Quarantine,
(7 CFR 301.81). [Latest Update: 03/26/04]
Send all comments to Charles Brown.
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Guidelines for Fruit Fly Systems Approach to Support the Movement of Regulated Articles between Mexico and the United States. [Latest Update: 12/23/03]Golden Nematode Program Manual (PDF; 12.10Mb)
Provides information and procedures for surveys, sample processing, regulatory control, and treatment of regulated commodities associated with golden nematode (Globodera rostochiensis). Interim Edition. [Latest Update: 08/07/08]Grasshopper Guidebook - Provisional (PDF; 1.8Mb)
Serves as a first stop for information for those who manage grasshopper and Mormon cricket survey and suppression programs.Grasshopper EIS (PDF; 1.67Mb)
Grasshopper Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) This document examines the environmental effects of two suppression alternatives that use insecticides and a no action alternative. [2002]Gypsy Moth Manual (PDF; 2.55Mb)
A prototype of the Gypsy Moth Program Manual. Send all comments to Bob Schall. [Latest Update: 10/16/07]Japanese Beetle Program Manual (PDF; 1.71Mb)
Provides guidelines to protect the agriculture of the Western United States from the Japanese Beetle, "Popillia japonica". [Latest Update: March 26, 2007]Karnal Bunt Manual (PDF; 3.69Mb)
Provides PPQ personnel and cooperators with a job aid to help them control the spread of Karnal Bunt in the United States.
Users: PPQ officers and cooperators, including personnel from ARS, Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas departments of agriculture, and Methods Development. [Latest Update: 03/08/07]Manual for Agricultural Clearance (PDF; 5.86Mb) [Latest Update: 07/25/08]
(Formerly known as Airport Maritime Operations Manual--AMOM) Provides CBP personnel working at airport and maritime locations with the guidelines, directions, and policy for clearing carriers and passengers/crew and controlling garbage and cargo.
- Assessing Civil Penalties (PDF; 196Kb)
- PPQ Form 519 - Compliance Agreement (PDF; 77Kb)
- PPQ Form 519 - Compliance Agreement (Word Doc; 38Kb)
Medfly Action Plan (PDF; 1.10Mb)
Serves as a plan to allow PPQ officers to respond to an infestation of the Mediterranean Fruit fly, commonly known as the Medfly. [Latest Update: 12/23/03]Mexican Border Job Aid (PDF; 44 Kb)
(Replaces the Mexican Border Manual) Serves as a guide for authorized Federal officers at ports of entry along the Mexican border. Covers regulatory action to take for noncommercial importations originating in Mexico. [Latest Update: 12/28/07]National Detector Dog Manual (PDF; 2.68Mb) [Latest Update: 11/28/07]
Serves as a guide for experienced canine officers to assist them in performing their duties, and as a training tool for orienting new canine officers, and general information for secondary users.Natural Enemies of the Fruit Fly (PDF; 811Kb)
Provides, as far as is possible, the natural enemies of fruit flies throughout the World. It is limited to fruit pest species, as opposed to leaf, stem and root pest species, following White and Elson-Harris, 1992. [Latest Update: 02/27/04]
- Send all comments to Jeff Stibick
New Pest Response Guidelines
New Pest Response Guidelines provide PPQ personnel and cooperators with guidelines to detect, control, contain, or eradicate an infestation of the following pests:
- Whitefly Borne Geminiviridae (PDF; 6.28Mb) [July 1996]
- Giant African Snails: Snail Pests in the Family Achatinidae (PDF; 2.24Mb) [Latest Update: April 2007]
- Khapra Beetle (PDF; 5.84 Mb) [Last Update: October 2007]
- Leek Moth (PDF; 961Kb) [Last Update: January 2006]
- Tussock Moths (Lymantriidae) (PDF; 8.29Mb) [March 2000]
- Potyviridae (PDF; 11.21Mb)
- Spodoptera (PDF; 7.04Mb) [Last Update: September 2005]
- Swede Midge (PDF; 2.58Mb) [Last Update: May 2007]
Nursery Stock Restrictions (PDF; 4.91Mb) [Latest Update: 06/28/08]
This document summarizes the entry status of regulated plant materials capable of and intended for propagation
- PPQ Form 264
- Clearing Seeds for Planting: A Job Aid for CBP Officers (PDF; 278Kb) [New: 08/04/08]
- A Job Aid for Clearing Nursery Stock and Flower Bulbs for CBPAS (PDF; 243Kb) [Latest Update: 06/10/08]
- Link to Foreign Quarantine Notices including 7CFR 319.37 (Subpart Nursery Stock, Plants, Roots, Bulbs, Seeds, and Other Plant Products)
- Growers and Greenhouse List of Phalaenopsis of Taiwan (PDF; 43Kb) Updated 07/15/08
- Approved Israeli Nurseries 2007 (PDF; 88Kb) [Latest Update: 11/20/07]
- List of Laboratories Approved to Receive Soil
Importation of Plant Products
- How to Use the Plant Importation Manuals (PDF; 113Kb)
This set of manuals is for regulating the importation of plants and their products that are not intended for propagation [Latest Update: 03/29/07]
- Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Import Manual (PDF; 5.67Mb) [Latest Update: 08/28/08]
Lists by country fruits and vegetables that are admissible into the United States. Includes a description of methods for sampling and inspecting selected fruits and vegetables. Contains pictorial identification guides, and a glossary for common and scientific names of fruits and vegetables.
- Approved Melon Fields in Israel for Export to the USA [Latest Update: 03/23/05]
- Approved Pepper and Tomato Growers in Arava, Israel for export to the USA [Latest Update: 02/20/08]
- Approved Pepper and Tomato Growers in in Almeria, Spain for export to the USA [Latest Update: 12/07/06]
- Designated Pest(s) Free Areas that meet APHIS requirements for Pest-free Areas (PFAs) listed in 7 CFR 319.56-5 (PDF; 17KB)
- Web-based Fruits and Vegetables CPHST Database
This manual allows easy access to information regarding regulations governing the importation of fresh fruits and vegetables into the United States, its territories, and possessions.
- Cut Flowers and Greenery Import Manual (PDF; 1.59Mb) [Latest Update: 09/12/08]
Provides the background, procedures, and reference tables for regulating the fresh, cut portion of the plant when it is imported for decoration or ornamentation, and for protecting plants that are threatened with extinction due to trade in those plants or their derivatives.
- Seed Not for Planting Manual (PDF; 1.06Mb) [Latest Update: 08/04/08]
Used for regulating importations of unprocessed seeds that are imported for consumption and are not intended for planting.
- Miscellaneous and Processed Products Manual (PDF; 1.36Mb) [Latest Update: 08/25/08]
Used for regulating imported items that are processed and are not intended for propagation.- Hawaii (PDF; 386Kb) [Latest Update: 05/12/08]
Used for regulating plants, plant parts, and products intended for both propagative and nonpropagative purposes. Used also for regulating carriers originating in Hawaii and moving to other parts of the United States
- Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands (PDF; 335Kb) [Latest Update: 07/20/07]
Used for regulating plants, plant parts, and products intended for both propagative and nonpropagative purposes. Used also for regulating
carriers originating in Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands and moving to the United States or other territories.
Postentry Manual (PDF; 8.40Mb) [Latest Update: 09/08/08]
This manual covers procedures for conducting PEQ tasks beginning with the request to approve a growing site and ending with the release or refusal of the plant material.PPQ Guidelines for Emergencies (PDF; 1,904Kb) [Latest Update: 03/05/07]
The PPQ Emergency Job Aid (EJA) incorporates the basic resources you need to function in an emergency.TAG Reviewers Manual (PDF; 1.63Mb) [Latest Update: 02/28/03]
Serves as a reference guide for reviewing and evaluating petitions for field release of biological control agents of weeds in the United States, and test plant lists; as a training tool for orienting TAG members; and as general information for other users, such as guidelines for petitioners and researchers.Treatment Manual [Latest Update: 08/12/08]
Operational guide for selecting and conducting quarantine treatments. The procedures and treatment schedules in this manual are administratively authorized for use by APHIS to prevent the movement of agricultural pests into or within the United States. Listed treatments include chemical treatments such as fumigation with methyl bromide, and nonchemical treatments with heat, cold, or irradiation.
- Electronic Index of PPQ Treatment Schedules
This reference was created to provide a searchable index for treatments and is not intended to supersede the PPQ Treatment Manual.Approved Treatment Facilities [Latest Update: 11/21/07]
Last Modified: September 15, 2008