[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: 7CFR353.2]

[Page 435]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
 CHAPTER III--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 353--EXPORT CERTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 353.2  Purpose and administration.

    The export certification program does not require certification of 
any exports, but does provide certification of plants and plant products 
as a service to exporters. After assessing the phytosanitary condition 
of the plants or plant products intended for export, relative to the 
receiving country's regulations, an inspector issues an internationally 
recognized phytosanitary certificate (PPQ Form 577), a phytosanitary 
certificate for reexport (PPQ Form 579), an export certificate for 
processed plant products (PPQ Form 578), or a certificate of heat 
treatment (PPQ Form 553) if warranted. APHIS also enters into written 
agreements with industry to allow the issuance of industry-issued 
certificates giving assurance that a plant product has been handled, 
processed, or inspected in a manner required by a foreign government.

[61 FR 15368, Apr. 8, 1996, as amended at 64 FR 72264, Dec. 27, 1999]