IMPORTING TO U.S.
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has prepared a pest risk assessment (PRA) on the government of Samoa’s request for “market access for fresh rhizomes of turmeric” imported for consumption into the United States and...

![Based on the pest risk assessment, a risk management document was prepared to identify measures that could be applied to the fresh turmeric rhizome to mitigate the pest risk. [courtesy photo] TUMERIC ROOT AND GROUND TUMERIC](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/tumeric_curcuma_longa_root.jpg?itok=anEMlq3A)