PPQ Manuals

Port Program

Actions taken to exclude pests or to protect endangered plants through imported and exported articles.

Animal Product Manual

• Minimal Risk Rule Aid - This job aid is associated with the "Bovine Spongiform Encephalopahty (BSE) Minimal Risk Rule Training for Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialists.

Agriculture Quarantine Inspection Monitoring Handbook (PDF; 1.63Mb)

• Worksheets and associated instructions for recording information gathered from inspections for the purpose of AQIM

CITES I-II-III Timber Species Manual (PDF; 7.82Mb)

• Request for Services to Transport, Store, and/or Dispose of Seized or Forfeited Shipments
  (Fillable PDF Worksheet)

Canadian Border

• Canadian Agricultural Aid - This job aid is posted for information only. The guidelines are intended for Custom's and Border Protection Officers.

Detector Dog (PDF; 2.681Mb)

Manual for Agricultural Clearance

• Assessing Civil Penalties
• PPQ Form 519 - Compliance Agreement (PDF; 77Kb)

Mexican Border (PDF; 1.21Mb)

Nursery Stock Restrictions (PDF; 4.91Mb)

• 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
• 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
• Approved Israeli Nurseries 2007

Plant Importation Manuals

• How to Use the Plant Importation Manuals (PDF; 113Kb)
• Fruits and Vegetables (PDF; 5.67Mb)
  • Approved Melon Fields in Israel for Export to the USA
  • Approved Pepper and Tomato Growers in Arava, Israel for export to the USA
  • Approved Pepper and Tomato Growers in in Almeria, Spain for export to the USA
  • 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 (PDF; 1.36Mb)
• Seeds Not for Planting (PDF; 1.06Mb)
• Miscellaneous (PDF; 1.36Mb)
  • List of Laboratories Approved to Receive Soil
• Puerto Rico (PDF; 335Kb)
• Hawaii (PDF; 386Kb)

TAG Reviewers (PDF; 1.63Mb)

Treatment Manual

Notice of Suspension of Tarpless Container Fumigations

• 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.
  

Last Modified: August 25, 2008