A proposal to increase fees charged by the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service for the inspections it undertakes is being met by resistance from fresh produce importers. Those against the newly proposed fees feel it would be a huge financial burden and would negatively affect their ability to import many of the products consumers have been used to seeing in their supermarkets.
This has been excerpted from a 23 June 2014 issue of Fresh Plaza and is available in its entirety at:
http://www.freshplaza.com/article/122364/US-Importers-react-to-proposed-APHIS-fees-hike