USDA, ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE
(APHIS)
PROGRAMS IN NICARAGUA
USDA, APHIS programs were developed to prevent the introduction of
livestock or crop pests and/or diseases into the U.S.A. while
simultaneously allowing exportation of products from Nicaragua to the U.S.
Mango Preclearance Program
This program involves the
supervision, treatment and preclearance certification of mangoes from
Nicaragua to the U.S. The mango export season in Nicaragua is
approximately four and a half months long (Dec.-mid-April). The USDA
inspectors are coordinated through the USDA, APHIS area office of Mr. Osvaldo
Perez in San Jose, Costa Rica. The average number of precleared boxes of
mangoes exported to the U.S. is approximately 18,000 boxes per week. If
you need more information we recommend to visit our web page: Optional Photos
Screwworm Myiasis , foot-and-mouth Disease, and Mad Cow Disease
Surveillance and Prevention
Support is provided by the Bilateral US-Nicaragua Screwworm Eradication
Program that remained in place after the successful eradication campaign
of 1992-1999. Over (80) Nicaraguan contract employees provide nation-wide
surveillance and promote livestock producers. awareness of the
catastrophic impacts of introductions of the killer Screwworm maggot,
foot-and-mouth Disease and Mad Cow Disease or Bovine Spongioform
Encephalopathy (BSE). This program prevents these diseases from becoming
established in Central America and eventually entering the U.S.A. The
Nicaraguan Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry (MAG-FOR) counterpart
for this program is Dr. Eduardo Sacasa. The central office is located in
MAG-FOR staff offices in front of the National Cathedral. The number
is & the fax is &.
Other USDA, APHIS activities in Nicaragua
APHIS has negotiated bilateral
protocols with MAG-FOR for the importation of U.S. grains into Nicaragua.
These protocols were negotiated to protect Nicaraguan agriculture from
pest introductions while establishing a transparency for trade between
both countries. The formal rice protocol was signed effective August, 1998
while new protocols for the importation of wheat and for swine have just
recently been completed.
Additionally, APHIS is managing five USAID post-Hurricane Mitch animal
health projects. Four projects directly benefit MAG-FOR in the areas of
rehabilitation of the central veterinary diagnostic laboratory, expanding
the use of computerized Geographic Information Systems (G.I.S.),
food safety/HACCP implementation and epidemiological field surveillance
with improved lab sample collections. The fifth project is with
UNAN-Leon's
School of Veterinary Medicine to provide scholarships to rural women to
study veterinary medicine.
In 2001, the APHIS Section through the Bilateral US-Nicaragua Screwworm
Eradication Program's administrative staff began the administration of
three PL-480 Title 1 Projects that cover Mediterranean Fruit Fly Studies,
crop pests, and veterinary epidemiology.
LINK to List of admissible products into the U.S. from Nicaragua and
procedures to request the Import Authorization
- List of approved fruits and vegetables for exportation from
Nicaragua.
- A blank "Application for Permit" (PPQ Form 587) must be sent by the
U.S. importer to the Permit Unit (address located on the form)
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