US-Chile PI webinar

The webinar on phytosanitary irradiation organized by the US-Chile Commission (Agregadurías Agrícolas Chile EEUU) on November  19, 2020 can be viewed on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5Y9_h4CR-U

The presentations are available at this page.

The speakers included:

• Laura Jeffers and Maggie Johnson from USDA-APHIS;
• Frank Benso, owner of Gateway America who has a gamma irradiator in Gulfport, Mississippi and an X-ray facility in project in Texas;
• Patrick Haines, Walmart Global Produce Sourcing Chili who reported [1:31:00 and 02:29:00] Walmart’s successful experience with  irradiated Mexican guavas imported in the US.

An APHIS approval for phytosanitary irradiation of blueberries and table grapes from Chile is pending.