http://www.foliagedirect.com Foliage Direct Release RSS feed. . Copyright 2005, Foliage Direct Tendenci Membership Management Software by Schipul - The Web Marketing Company en-us noemail@foliagedirect.com Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:03:26 GMT Release http://www.foliagedirect.com/en/rel/13/ For Immediate Release: May 4, 2007 NR07-11 HDOA ESTABLISHES QUARANTINE PROTOCOL FOR HAWAII PLANT SHIPPERS California Increases Inspection Requirements HONOLULU — The Plant Quarantine Branch of the Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA) has established policies and procedures to help minimize the impact of a federal quarantine on Hawaii’s major potted plant exporters. The U.S. Department of Agriculture placed a quarantine order on Hawaii and parts of California on May 2, due to the detection of the light brown apple moth (LBAM) in several California counties. In anticipation of problems that Hawaii plant shippers would have with the federal quarantine order, Plant Quarantine staff today completed an emergency protocol that would provide additional inspection documents specifically for LBAM for potted plants leaving the state. Although USDA officials in Hawaii do not foresee problems in plants departing Hawaii due to previously established inspection... http://www.foliagedirect.com/en/rel/13/ noemail@foliagedirect.com Sat, 05 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT