Port of Virginia clears way for more refrigerated fruit imports
The Port of Virginia announced the successful completion of the US Department of Agriculture’s Southeast In-Transit Cold Treatment Pilot program. This program will enable importers of perishables from South American countries to move their cargo across the Port. With cold treatment, perishable fruit imports have their pulp brought to a certain temperature for a period of time, in order to comply with USDA quarantine requirements.
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