[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: 7CFR319.37-6]

[Page 248]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
 CHAPTER III--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 319--FOREIGN QUARANTINE NOTICES--Table of Contents

  Subpart--Nursery Stock, Plants, Roots, Bulbs, Seeds, and Other Plant 
                        Products 1, 2
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Sec. 319.37-6  Specific treatment and other requirements.

    (a) Seeds of Hibiscus spp. (hibiscus, rose mallow) and seeds of 
Abelmoschus spp. (okra), from any foreign country or locality, at the 
time of importation into the United States, shall be treated for 
possible infestation with Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) (pink 
bollworm) in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Plant 
Protection and Quarantine Treatment Manual.\8\
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    \8\ See footnote 6 in Sec. 319.37-4.
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    (b) Seeds of Lathyrus spp. (sweet pea, peavine); Lens spp. (lentil); 
and Vicia spp. (fava bean, vetch) from countries and localities other 
than those in North America and Central America, at the time of 
importation into the United States, shall be treated for possible 
infestation with insects of the family Bruchidae in accordance with the 
applicable provisions of the Plant Protection and Quarantine Treatment 
Manual.
    (c) Bulbs of Allium sativum (garlic) from Algeria, Austria, 
Czechoslovakia, Egypt, France, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy, 
Morocco, Portugal, Republic of South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, 
Turkey, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Federal Republic of Germany 
(West), or Yugoslavia at the time of importation into the United States 
shall be treated for possible infestation with Brachycerus spp. and 
Dyspessa ulula (Bkh.) in accordance with the applicable provisions of 
the Plant Protection and Quarantine Treatment Manual.
    (d) Seeds of Guizotia abyssinica (niger seed) from any foreign 
place, at the time of arrival at the port of first arrival, shall be 
heat treated for possible infestation with Cuscuta spp. in accordance 
with the applicable provisions of the Plant Protection and Quarantine 
Treatment Manual.
    (e) Seeds of all species of the plant family Rutaceae from 
Afghanistan, Andaman Islands, Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Burma, 
Caroline Islands, Comoro Islands, Fiji Islands, Home Island in Cocos 
(Keeling) Islands, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Japan, 
Kampuchea, Korea, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nepal, 
Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peoples Republic of China, 
Philippines, Reunion Island, Rodriquez Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Saudi 
Arabia, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Thursday Island, United 
Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Vietnam, Yemen (Sanaa), and Zaire, at the time 
of arrival at the port of first arrival in the United States shall be 
treated for possible infection with citrus canker by being immersed in 
water at 125  deg.F (51.6  deg.C) or higher for 10 minutes, and then 
immersed for a period of at least 2 minutes in a solution containing 200 
parts per million sodium hypochlorite at a pH of 6.0 to 7.5.
    (f) Seeds of Castanea and Quercus from all countries except Canada 
and Mexico at the time of arrival at the port of first arrival in the 
United States shall be treated for possible infestation with Curculio 
elephas (Cyllenhal), C. nucum L., Cydia (Laspeyresia) splendana Hubner, 
Pammene fusciana L. (Hemimene juliana (Curtis)) and other insect pests 
of chestnut and acorn in accordance with the applicable provisions of 
the Plant Protection and Quarantine Treatment Manual.

[45 FR 31585, May 13, 1980; 45 FR 35305, May 27, 1980, as amended at 45 
FR 49504, July 25, 1980; 57 FR 43148, 43150, Sept. 18, 1992; 60 FR 
62320, Dec. 6, 1995; 61 FR 51210, Oct. 1, 1996]