| Title: | ABI and CATAIR Not Impacted by Recent APHIS Lacey Act Changes |
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| Date: | 2010-05-27 |
| To: | abi |
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Recently the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) posted a clarification to its Website stating that beginning May 1, 2010, APHIS is requiring that plant material quantities be reported on the Lacey Act declaration using standardized metric units (such as kg, m, m2, m3). This change to require quantities be reported in standardized metric units will not impact the ability of an entity to file electronically via ABI. The CATAIR already allows for Lacey Act reporting in standardized metric units.