federal import quarantine order for host materials of tomato leafminer tuta absoluta meyrick dated 9 march 2011 the animal and plant health inspection service aphis of the us department of agriculture is issuing a federal order pursuant to the regulatory authority provided by the plant protection act of 20 june 2000 as amended section 412 a 7 u.s.c. 7712 a to update the list of countries currently infested with t. absoluta and present modified conditions for the importation of host material from affected countries. this federal order supersedes all previous federal orders issued by aphis in february may and december 2009 and april 2010 relating to requirements for importing hosts of t. absoluta from countries that are considered infested with this pest and replaces spro da-2010-15 dated april 28 2010 notified as g sps n usa 2019 . this federal order updates the list of countries currently infested with t. absoluta by adding countries of egypt iraq jordan kosovo palestinian authority west bank panama and saudi arabia in addition to those previously listed. of these additional countries only panama is currently authorized to export tomatoes to the united states. pursuant to this federal order t. absoluta host material from affected countries must meet the following conditions this federal order amends the current trapping requirements by reducing the minimum trapping rate of 40 traps per hectare to 30 traps per hectare. aphis will require that shipments of tomato fruit from affected countries meet additional import requirements to prevent the introduction and establishment of t. absoluta. since panama is the only newly listed country authorized to shi tomato fruit to the united states panama must meet additional import requirements for tomato fruit. those requirements are described in detail in the federal order. in addition aphis will prohibit the entry of plants for planting of solanum spp. datura spp. and nicotiana spp. which are also hosts of t. absoluta from affected countries pending the completion of a pest risk analysis pra and the implementation of appropriate mitigation measures. this federal order is effective on 9 march 2011