Summary: These rules provide the initial listing of countries that need to be identified under Country of Origin Labeling provisions for Fresh Produce.

I. Produce from the countries listed in Section II must be labeled as to country of origin until further notice. Countries are listed for one or more of the following reasons:

A. Products from the country were exported to the United States and in at least one instance for each country product was found by the Food and Drug Administration to exceed U.S. pesticide tolerances.

B. The country allows application of a pesticide at rates or in a manner not allowed in the U.S. under federal law.

C. The country has one or more products under automatic detention from the Food and Drug Administration due to past problems with pesticide residues, or use of pesticides for which there is no residue tolerance for that pesticide for that product in the United States.

II. The following countries are listed, effective November 20, 1989. Produce from these countries must be labeled as to country of origin.

Antigua	Argentina	Australia
Belgium	Belize	Brazil
Cambodia	Canada	Chile
China	Colombia	Costa Rica
Dominican Republic	El Salvador	France
Greece	Guatemala	Honduras
Hong Kong	India	Israel
Italy	Jamaica	Japan
Korea	Mexico	Netherlands
New Zealand	Pakistan	Panama
Peru	Spain	United Kingdom
Venezuela

III. STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 7 MRSA §530

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 10, 1990

EFFECTIVE DATE (ELECTRONIC CONVERSION):

May 4, 1996

CONVERTED TO MS WORD:

May 20, 2008

CORRECTIONS:

February, 2014 – agency names, formatting