U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA/APHIS) officials, in cooperation with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), recently expanded the areas quarantined for huanglongbing (HLB) and sweet orange scab (SOS) in the state.
HLB
Photo by David Bartels, USDA
The quarantined area in Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties has been expanded by approximately 50 square miles. Additionally, the quarantined area in Ventura County has been expanded by approximately 0.7 square miles. The quarantine expansions are due to HLB (also known as citrus greening) detections in plant tissue samples collected from residential properties in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and Ventura counties. There is no commercial citrus impacted by these expansions.
USDA APHIS is applying safeguarding measures on the interstate movement of regulated articles from the quarantined areas in California. These measures parallel the intrastate quarantines established by CDFA. This action is necessary to prevent the spread of HLB to non-infested areas of the United States.
The specific changes to the quarantined areas in California can be found on the APHIS Citrus Greening website.
SOS
USDA APHIS is expanding the quarantine area for SOS in Riverside County by 5.67 square miles. The agency is taking this action because of SOS detections in plant tissue samples collected from residential properties in Riverside County. There is no commercial citrus impacted by this expansion.
USDA APHIS is applying safeguarding measures on the interstate movement of regulated articles from the quarantined areas in California. These measures parallel the intrastate quarantines that CDFA established on May 28. This action is necessary to prevent the spread of SOS to non-infested areas of the United States.
The specific changes to the quarantined areas in California can be found on the APHIS sweet orange scab website.
Additional information about the HLB or SOS quarantines may be obtained from USDA APHIS National Policy Manager Abby R. Stilwell at abby.r.stilwell@usda.gov or 919-323-6296.
Source: USDA APHIS
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