APHIS is amending the regulations to
revise the approved doses for irradiation treatment of imported
fruits and vegetables. This proposal would establish a new minimum
generic dose of irradiation for arthropod plant pests, establish a
new minimum generic dose for the fruit fly family, reduce the
minimum dose of irradiation for some specific fruit fly species,
and add nine pests to the list of pests for which irradiation is an
approved treatment.
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1320.8(b)(3).
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