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FEDERAL FOREIGN QUARANTINES (For Details See Title 7 Code
of Federal Regulations)
Refer to Federal
Quarantine No. 37 (Nursery Stock - Seeds and Plants) and Federal Quarantine
No. 56 (Fruits and Vegetables)
Federal Foreign
Quarantine A. Pest. Pink Bollworm (Pectinophora
gossypiella), the golden nematode of potatoes (Heterodera
rostochiensis), flag smut of wheat (Urocystes tritici), and other
pests. B. Area Under
Quarantine.
All foreign countries. C. Commodities
Covered. 1. Cotton. Plant parts and products
of the genus Gossypium, including seed cotton, cottonseed, lint,
linters, wastes, and other forms of cotton fiber except yarn, thread, and
cloth; cottonseed hulls, cake, meal, and other cottonseed products except
oil; cotton trash and other unmanufactured parts of cotton plants. 2. Covers. Secondhand burlap and
other fabric including bags, slit bags, and parts of bags as such or shredded
which has been used or is of the type used for containing cotton, grains, field
seeds, agricultural roots rhizomes, tubers, or other underground crops. D. Commodities
Covered Are Admissible under Permit.
EXCEPTIONS: No restrictions on covers
(C.2) above from Canada if not mixed with other foreign covers. Samples of
lint, linters, waste, cottonseed cake and meal may be imported without permit
subject to inspection and treatment as necessary.
Federal Foreign
Quarantine A. Pest. Sugarcane borers and other
insects. Sugarcane mildews and other diseases.
B. Area Under
Quarantine.
All foreign countries and localities. C. Commodities
Covered.
Canes of sugarcane or cuttings or parts thereof, sugarcane leaves, and
bagasse. D.
Restrictions.
Commodities covered are prohibited entry except under permit. 319.19. CITRUS NURSERY STOCK Federal Foreign
Quarantine A. Pest. Citrus canker (Xanthomonas
citri) and other diseases. B. Area Under
Quarantine. Europe,
Asia, Africa, South American, Central America, North America outside of U.S.A.,
Australia, and foreign oceanic countries and islands. C. Commodities
Covered.
Plants or any plant part, except fruit and seeds, of all genera, species, and
varieties of the subfamilies Aurantiodeae, Rutoideae and Toddalioidea of the
botanical family Rutaceae. D.
Restrictions. Commodities
covered are prohibited entry. 319.24. CORN OR MAIZE AND RELATED PLANTS Federal Foreign
Quarantine A. Pests. Peronospora maydis;
Sclerospora sacchari and other downy mildews; and the Physoderma
diseases of maize - Physoderma zeaemaydis and Physoderma maydis. B. Area Under
Quarantine.
Southern Asia (including India, Siam, China, and Indo-China), Malayan
Archipelago, Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, Philippine Islands, Formosa,
Japan and adjacent islands. C. Commodities
Covered.
Seed and all other portions of Indian corn or maize (Zea mays L.), and
the closely related plants, including all species of Teosinte (Euchlaena),
Job's tears (Coix), Polytoca, Cionachne, and Sclerachne. D.
Restrictions.
All commodities covered, in the raw or unmanufactured state, prohibited entry
except that shelled Indian corn or maize may be imported under permit and
treatment. Bags in which corn has been imported shall be disinfected. 319.28. CITRUS FRUITS Federal Foreign
Quarantine (Also See Federal
Foreign Quarantine No. 56) A. Pest. Citrus canker (Xanthomonas
citri); sweet orange scab (Elsinoe australis); "Cancrosis
B.". B. Area Under
Quarantine
- see paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) under Restrictions. C. Commodities
Covered - see
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) under Restrictions. D.
Restrictions.
Importation is prohibited of the following:
1. On account
of citrus canker -
all fruits and peel of all genera, species, and varieties of the subfamilies
Aurantioideae, Rutoideae, and Toddalioideae of the botanical family Rutaceae:
from eastern and southeastern Asia (including India, Burma, Ceylon, Siam,
Indo-China, and China), the Malayan Archipelago, the Philippine Islands,
Oceania (except Australia and Tasmania), Japan (including Formosa and other
islands adjacent to Japan), Mauritius, Seychelles, Argentina (except for the
States of Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta, and Tucuman, which are considered free of
citrus canker), Paraguay, and Brazil.
2. On account
of sweet orange scab - fruits and peel of lime, sour orange, Mauritius papeda,
lemon, grapefruit, mandarin orange, sweet orange, andoval kumquat; from
Argentina, (except as provided by Sec. 319.56-2f of this part), Brazil,
Paraguay, and Uruguay. 3. On account
of "Cancrosis B." - fruits and peel of lime, sour orange, lemon, citron and
sweet orange; from Argentina, (except for the States of Catamarca, Jujuy,
Salta, and Tucuman, which are considered free of Cancrosis B), Paraguay, and
Uruguay.
From Honshu Island Only: From Kyushu Island Only: BAMBOO
REGULATIONS Refer to Federal
Quarantine No. 37 (Nursery Stock - Seeds and Plants).
Federal Foreign
Quarantine A. Pest. Various insects and
diseases. B. Area Under
Quarantine.
All foreign countries and localities. C. Commodities
Covered. Field
grown florists' stock, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, grafts, scions, buds,
and fruit pits, and other seeds of forest, fruit, and ornamental trees and
shrubs; bedding plants; other herbaceous plants, bulbs and roots; field,
vegetable and flower seed and other plants and plant products for, or capable
of, propagation, including potatoes. D.
Restrictions. 1.
Prohibitions. In
addition to plant material prohibited by special quarantines, Quarantine No.
37 lists a number of plants prohibited from countries where specifically
named diseases or insects are known to occur.
2. Permits. A permit must be secured
in advance for importations of all plant material permitted entry, except
seeds of field crops, vegetables, and annual, biennial, or perennial flowers
which are essentially herbaceous in character. Exception: A permit must be
secured in advance for seeds of alfalfa, lentils, vetch, and okra. Permits
will authorize ports of entry and specify additional restrictions, if any. 3. Postentry. Certain plants named in
the quarantine suspected of being disease carriers shall, and any plants
showing symptoms of disease when inspected upon arrival may, be required to
be grown under postentry quarantine. The importer must, in addition to
obtaining a permit, agree in writing to the postentry requirements. 4. Canadian
Plants.
Plants certified as of Canadian origin (except postentry material) may be imported
in soil (except from a portion of Vancouver Island) under permit without
treatment if free of pests. Shipments carrying pests shall be treated.
Postentry material from Canada may be imported only in accordance with (D.2)
above. In addition to meeting the requirements of this subpart, any trees
with roots and any shrubs with roots and persistent woody stems, unless
greenhouse-grown throughout the year, that are imported from Canada will be
subject to the inspection and certification requirements for gypsy moth (see 319.77). 5. Packing
Materials. Soil
contaminated plants may be refused entry (except from Canada). Approved
packing materials must be used and are listed for permittees. (Treated subsoil
no longer approved as packing for lily bulbs from Japan and the Ryukus
(11-30-79). 319.41. CORN - EUROPEAN CORN BORER, ETC. Federal Foreign
Quarantine A. Pest. European corn borer (Pyrausta
nubilalis); also other dangerous insects and plant diseases. B. Area Under
Quarantine.
All foreign countries and localities. C. Commodities
Covered. The
stalk and all other parts, whether used for packing or other purposes, in the
raw or unmanufactured state, of Indian corn or maize (Zea mays),
broomcorn (Andropogon sorghum var. technicus), sweet sorghums (Andropogon
sorghum), grain sorghums (Andropogon sorghum), Sudan grass (Andropogon
sorghum sudanensis), Johnson grass (Andropogon halepensis),
sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum), including Japanese varieties, pearl
millet (Pennisetum glaucum), Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum),
teosinte (Euchlaena luxurians), and Job's tears (Coix lachryma-Jobi). D.
Restrictions.
The following may be imported upon compliance with the regulations: 1. Articles
made of the stalks, leaves, or cobs of corn, when prepared, manufactured, or processed in such a
manner that in the judgement of the inspector no pest risk is involved in
their entry. 2. Corn silk. 3. Broomcorn for manufacturing
purposes, brooms or similar articles made of broomcorn, clean shelled corn,
and clean seed of the other plants covered. Permits will not be issued for
the entry of broomcorn from any source through ports on the Pacific Coast. 4. Corn on the
cob, green
or mature, from the provinces of Canada west of and including Manitoba, and
from Mexico, Central America, South America, the West Indies, the Bahamas,
and Bermuda. Entry permitted by
mail corn on the cob from the countries specified in (4) above, and clean
seed of the other plants covered under permit and special mailing tags. Samples are
admitted via mail or air express without permit of broomcorn, shelled corn,
and seeds of related plants if free of injurious pests and contamination. Certificates not
required on shelled corn from Canada.
Federal Foreign
Quarantine A. Pest. Downy mildew (Sclerospora
macrocarpa), leaf smut (Entyloma oryzae), blight (Oospora
oryztorum), glume blotch (Melanomma glumarum), and dangerous
insect pests. B. Area Under Quarantine. All foreign countries and
localities. C. Commodities
Covered.
Seed or paddy rice, rice straw, and rice hulls. D.
Restrictions.
Commodities covered are prohibited from all countries except Mexico.
Admissible from Mexico under permit. Rice straw, rice
hulls, and rope, bottle covers, and other similar commodities made of rice
straw (except manufactured floor mats which are unrestricted) admissible from
all foreign countries and localities under permit. This quarantine
does not apply to husked or polished rice intended for food purposes.
Federal Foreign
Quarantine (Also See Federal
Foreign Quarantine No. 28) A. Pest. Fruit and melon flies (Trypetridae),
and other injurious insects. B. Area Under
Quarantine.
All foreign counties and localities except the Dominion of Canada and
Newfoundland (including its mainland territory of Labrador). C. Commodities
Covered.
All fruits and vegetables, and plants or portions of plants used as packing
material in connection with shipments of fruits and vegetables. D.
Restrictions. 1. All plants or portions of plants used
as packing material in connection with shipments of fruits and vegetables are
prohibited, except commodities approved or admissible by Quarantine No. 69. 2. Fruits and
vegetables
not covered by special quarantines may be imported under federal permit and
in compliance with regulations. 3. Dried,
cured, or processed fruits and vegetables (except frozen fruits and vegetables), including
cured figs, and dates, raisins, nuts, and dry beans and peas are admissible
without permit or other restriction. 4. Fruits and
vegetables grown in Canada may be imported into the United States without restriction,
provided that consignments of Allium
spp. consisting of the whole plant or above ground parts must be
accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the NPPO of Canada with
an additional declaration stating that the articles are free from Acrolepipsis
assectella (Zeller), and potatoes from Newfoundland
and that portion of the Municipality of Central Saanich in the Province of
British Columbia east of the West Saanich Road are prohibited importation
into the United States in accordance with Federal Foreign Quarantine No. 37
(Nursery Stock - Seeds and Plants). For specific requirements
for commodities covered (C), please see USDA fruits
and vegetables import manual.
Federal Foreign
Quarantine A. Pests. Flag Smut (Urocystis
agropyri) and Karnal Bunt (Tilletia tritici) B. Area Under
Quarantine. Afghanistan,
Algeria, Australia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Chile, People's Republic of China, Cyprus,
Egypt, Falkland Islands, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq,
Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lybia, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan,
Portugal, Romania, Spain, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, Republic of South
Africa, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and Venezuela. C. Commodities
Covered.
Seeds, plants, straw, (other than straw without heads, and which has been
processed or manufactured into articles, such as decorative wall hangings,
clothing or toys), chaff, and products of the milling process, (i.e. bran,
shorts, thistle, sharps, and pollards) other than flour of Triticum
spp. (wheat), Aegilops spp. (barb goatgrass, goatgrass), or of any
intergeneric cross which includes Triticum spp. (wheat or Aegilops
spp. (barb goatgrass, goatgrass) as a parent.
D.
Restrictions. 1. Prohibited: Commodities covered from
areas under quarantine. 2. The USDA may import
commodities covered from areas under quarantine if under USDA permit for
scientific or experimental purposes. * Wheat
Regulations was previously called Flag Smut (Foreign Strains) Quarantine.
Federal Foreign
Quarantine A. Pest. Plant diseases and
injurious insects not heretofore widely prevalent or distributed in the
United States. B. Area Under
Quarantine.
All foreign countries and localities. C. Commodities
Covered.
Any material listed in the quarantine when associated with or accompanying
any commodity or shipment as filling, wrapping, ties, lining, mats, moisture
retainer, protection, or for any other purpose. D.
Restrictions. 1. Prohibited. Rice straw, hulls and
chaff, cotton and cotton products (lint, waste, seed, seed cotton,
cottonseed, cottonseed hulls) from all countries. (Small amounts of cotton packing
in mail packages may be inspected and released if free from seed.) Sugarcane,
all parts of plant including bagasse; bamboo seeds, leaves and small shoots;
plant parts and leaves, forest litter, grasses; corn and allied plants
(maize, sorghum, broomcorn, Sudan grass, Napier grass, Job's tears, Teosinte,
Polytoca, Sclerachne, Chionachne) and all parts from all
countries except Mexico and the countries of Central and South America and
West Indies; soil, except such soil or earth authorized as safe packing
material (i.e. soil with plants from Canada); seed wheat; willow withes from
Europe and Canada. 2. Restricted. Wheat straw, hulls, and
chaff from countries listed in Federal Quarantine No. 59 (Wheat Regulations)
may be imported as packing only under permit and compliance with the
provisions thereof. 319.74. CUT FLOWERS - FOREIGN Federal Foreign
Quarantine A. Pest. Injurious insects and
plant diseases, citrus blackfly (Aleurocanthus woglumi) and Cercospora
leaf spot. B. Area Under
Quarantine. All
foreign countries and islands except Canada, Labrador and
Newfoundland. C. Commodities
Covered. Cut
flowers in a fresh state. The following are not covered: dried,
bleached, dyed, or chemically-treated decorative plant materials; filler or
greenery, such as fern fronds and asparagus plumes; Christmas greenery, such
as holly, mistletoe, and Christmas trees.
D.
Restrictions.
Cut flowers of camellia, gardenia, (cape jasmine), rhododendron (including
azalea), rose and lilac are admissible only under permit except that
the inspector may orally authorize entry of small lots without permit under
circumstances which in his judgement will eliminate pest risk.
Federal Foreign
Quarantine A. Pest. Khapra beetle (Trogoderma
granarium), a serious pest of stored grain products, seed, dried fruits
and other products. B. Area Under
Quarantine. Afghanistan
Algeria Bangladesh Burma Cyprus Egypt India Iran Iraq Israel Mali Mauritania Morocco Niger Nigeria Pakistan Saudi Arabia
Senegal Sri Lanka Sudan Syria Tunisia Turkey Upper Volta C. Restricted
Articles. 1. Seeds of the plant family Curcurbitaceae
in shipments greater than two ounces, if not for propagation, and if from
a country listed in (B) above. 2. Brassware and wooden
screens from Bombay, India. 3. Goatskins, lambskins, and
sheepskins (excluding goatskins, lambskins, and sheepskins which are fully
tanned, blue-chromed, pickled in mineral acid, or salted and moist) from
Sudan or India. 4. Plant gums shipped as bulk
cargo from a country listed under (B) above. 5. Used jute or burlap
bagging not containing cargo from a country listed under (B) above. 6. Used jute or burlap
bagging from a country listed under (B) above that contains cargo and
the cargo in such bagging. 7. Used jute or burlap
bagging from a country listed under (B) above that is used as a
packing material and the cargo for which the bagging is used as packing
material. 8. Whole chilies (Capsicum
spp.), whole red peppers (Capsicum spp.), and cumin seeds (Cuminum cyminum)
in new jute or burlap bags from Pakistan. D.
Restrictions.
Restricted articles are prohibited entry unless treated under USDA
supervision; accompanied by a valid phytosanitary certificate; or, inspected
by the USDA and found free of Khapra beetle.
Federal Foreign
Quarantine A. Pest. Gypsy moth
(Lymantria dispar) Linnaeus B. Area under
quarantine.
The following areas in Canada are known to be infested with gypsy moth:
portions of the provinces of British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia,
Ontario, and Quebec. C. Regulated
Articles.
1. Trees and shrubs. Trees without roots, trees with roots,
shrubs with roots and persistent woody stems. Conditions for
importation:
a. were greenhouse grown throughout the year;
b. are destined for a U.S. infested area and will not ber moved
through any U.S. noninfested area, or;
c. are Christmas trees, destined for a U.S. infested area
and will not be moved through any U.S. noninfested areas
2. Logs and pulpwood with bark attached. Conditions for importation:
a. logs and pulpwood with bark attached that are destined for a U.S.
infested area and will not be moved through any U.S. noninfested
3. Self-certification. Outdoor household articles
including awnings, barbeque grills, bicycles, boats, dog houses, firewood,
garden tools, D.
Restrictions. See
full text of quarantine in Title 7 Code of Federal Regulations 319.7. |
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