[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR318.58-4]

[Page 198]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
 CHAPTER III--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 318--HAWAIIAN AND TERRITORIAL QUARANTINE NOTICES--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart--Fruits and Vegetables From Puerto Rico or Virgin Islands
 
Sec. 318.58-4  Issuance of certificates or limited permits.

    Under the following conditions, an inspector may issue a certificate 
or limited permit for the movement of regulated articles to be moved in 
accordance with this subpart:
    (a) Certification on basis of inspection or nature of lot involved. 
An inspector may issue a certificate for fruits and vegetables 
designated in Sec. 318.58-2(b)(1) after he has inspected them and found 
that they appear free from infestation and infection, or has determined 
without an inspection that the lot for shipment is of such a nature that 
there appears to be no danger of infestation or infection.
    (b) Certification on basis of treatment. Fruits and vegetables 
designated in Sec. 318.58-2(b) may be certified after undergoing an 
approved treatment contained in the Plant Protection and Quarantine 
Treatment Manual under the supervision of an inspector and if the 
articles are handled after treatment in accordance with all conditions 
that the inspector requires. The Plant Protection and Quarantine 
Treatment Manual is incorporated by reference at Sec. 300.1 of this 
chapter. Treatments shall be applied at the expense of the shipper, 
owner, or person in charge of the articles. The Department of 
Agriculture or its inspector will not be responsible for loss or damage 
resulting from any treatment prescribed or supervised under this 
subpart.
    (c) An inspector may issue a limited permit for the movement of 
fruits and vegetables otherwise prohibited movement under this subpart, 
if the articles are to be moved in accordance with Sec. 318.58-12 of 
this subpart.

[54 FR 3581, Jan. 25, 1989, as amended at 58 FR 7962, Feb. 11, 1993; 67 
FR 8465, Feb. 25, 2002]