APHIS’ Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will expand the Risk-Based Sampling at Ports of Entry (RBS POE) program for fresh banana and plantain shipments starting the week of March 25, 2024. The goals of RBS POE are to reduce inspections on entities importing commodities compliant with current pest and disease regulationsand provide incentives for producers to increase the quality of their goods.
The expanded RBS POE combinations (Conveyance + Commodity + Country of origin) are as follows:
