Cut Flowers Regulations; Removal of Chrysanthemum White Rust-Related Provisions
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- What it does
We are amending the regulations governing the importation of fresh cut flowers to remove requirements for the importation of specific types of cut flowers from the regulations, and to list them in the U.S. Department of Agriculture database called the Agricultural Commodity Import Requirements instead. We are also removing entirely any restrictions on the importation of fresh cut flowers of the genera Chrysanthemum, Leucanthemella, and Nipponanthemum from countries in which chrysanthemum white rust (Puccinia horiana P. Henn., CWR) is known to exist. This rule will allow us to use a notice-based, streamlined approach to update the import requirements for cut flowers and remove CWR-specific restrictions on the importation of fresh cut flowers.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's summary, as published in the Federal Register.
- What changed in the regulation
1 part of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations:
- Compared with
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has published 2 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 3 in all of 2025.
Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.
- Before this
No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 0579-AE66 since Jan. 1, 2025.
- What happens next and when
Effective November 9, 2026.
The agency's dates, word for word.
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-20630 |
|---|---|
| Action | Final rule. |
| Agencies | Agriculture Department; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service |
| Published | Oct. 8, 2026 |
| Effective date | Nov. 9, 2026 |
| Regulation identifier (RIN) | 0579-AE66 |
| Docket | APHIS-2019-0024 |
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