T160c Threats To Agriculture Flashcards
Threats to agriculture in trade
Agriculture pest and disease
Most commonly intercepted in conveyances and imported cargo
Examples of wood boring bettles
Asian longhorn beetle(detected in Michigan 2002, arrived in US in wooden packaging)
Emerald ash borer( detected in NY 1996)
Asian gypsy moth
From russia, japan, china, north korea
Fly’s over 25 miles
Kharpa bettle
Prefers stored product and dried food
Found in safflower seeds
Intercepted in basmati rice
Africanized honey bee
Cross african and european bees from Mexico and south america
Aggressive bee
Sting response 10 times greater
Contaminants found on cargo
Animal material( blood, manure)
Plants material(hay,straw,left over seed)
Soil(thin film)
Most hitchhiking pest are
Insects
Seed material
Snails
Pest invasion potential
Smuggled products Air cargo Refrigerated cargo Pax baggage Private air and sea craft
Smuggled product are often what
Commingled with legit agricultural product
Which agencies is CBP partnered with from APHIS to find and stop agriculture smuggling
Smuggling interdiction and trade compliance(SITC)
Investigative and enforcement services
IES
Agriculture duties in CBP POE
USDA functions transferred to DHS
Quarantine and other relevant functions retained by USDA
MOA for cbp
Cbp will perform the functions listed above in trade clearance environment
MOA for APHIS
Identify pest found by CBP
Cbp officers should become familiar with agricultural documents to
Compare commodity with info found on document
Differentiate between valid, complete documents and invalid documents
Types of agriculture documents
Permits
Phytosanitary certs
Animal product certs
Three types of permits
Both from APHIS
PPQ
VS
Fish and wildlife
CITES
What does PPQ allow you to do
Import plant material
PPQ permit types
Written- for commercial and admissible items
Departmental- prohibited plant material
What color are permits to import ant or ant products
Green and yellow
Plant inspection station
Located near 17 ports