Official Pest Report
Official Pest Reports are provided by National Plant Protection Organizations within the NAPPO region. These Pest Reports are intended to comply with the International Plant Protection Convention's Standard on Pest Reporting, endorsed by the Interim Commission on Phytosanitary Measures in March 2002.
Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean Fruit Fly) - Removal of Quarantine Area in Arleta, Los Angeles County, California.
Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean Fruit Fly) - Removal of Quarantine Area in Arleta, Los Angeles County, California.
Country: United States
Title: Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean Fruit Fly) - Removal of Quarantine Area in Arleta, Los Angeles County, California.
Contact:
John Stewart, National Fruit Fly Policy Manager, at 919-855-7426.
Report:
Effective June 2, 2017, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) removed the Arleta area of Los Angeles County, California, from a Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly) quarantine. As a result, there are no additional Medfly quarantines in California.
On November 19, 2016, APHIS implemented the Medfly quarantine in the Arleta area of Los Angeles County, California. The quarantine restricted the interstate movement of regulated articles from that area to prevent the spread of the Medfly to non-infested areas of the United States. Since then, APHIS cooperated with the California Department of Food and Agriculture and the Los Angeles County Agriculture Commissioner’s office to eradicate the transient Medfly population. Control actions included high density trapping, fruit removal, sterile insect technique, regulatory quarantine measures, and foliar bait sprays near the detection sites.
APHIS declared eradication after three Medfly life-cycles elapsed with negative detections in this area. The following designated website contains a description of the current federal fruit fly quarantine areas:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/plant_pest_info/fruit_flies/index.shtml
Under IPPC Standards, Ceratitis capitata is considered to be a pest that is eradicated and absent from California and the United States.
Posted Date: June 22, 2017, 9 a.m.