LIBRARY 
 STATE  PLANT  BOARD 
 
 UNITED  STATES  DEPARTMENT  OF  AGRI CULTURE 
 Bureau  of  Entomology  and  Plant  Quarantine 
 Washington,  D.  0. 
 
 B  .  E.  P.  0,.—  ho2 
 
 ( Supersedes  P.  Q.  C  A. — 311) 
 
 RESTRICTIONS  AFFECTING  THE  IMPORTATION  AND  INTERSTATE  MOVEMENT  OF 
 
 FROZEN-PACK  FRUITS 
 
 (Approved  and  effective  Sept.  15 ,  1937) 
 
 The  importation  into  th3  United  States  and  the  interstate  shipment 
 from  Hawaii  and  Puerto  Rico  of  frozen  f ruits ,  other  than  those  which  may 
 "be  entered  in  the  fresh  state,  are  authorized  under  the  provisions  of 
 regulation  2  of  the  rules  and  regulations  supplemental  to  Hot  ice  of  Quar- 
 antine No.  13;  regulation  2  of  the  rules  and  regulations  supplemental  to 
 Notice  of  Quarantine  No.  5^5  and  regulation  3  of  the  rules  and  regulations 
 supplemental  to  Notice  of  Quarantine  No.       ,  under  the  following  restric- 
 tions and  conditions: 
 
 (1)  Importations  and  interstate  shipments  may  he  made  only  under 
 
 permits  issued  in  advance  of  shipment.    Applications  for 
 permits  should  he  made  to  the  Bureau  of  Entomology  and  plant 
 Quarantine  of  the  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture. 
 
 (2)  The  importation  and  interstate  shipment  is  .not  authorized  of 
 
 fruits  which  may  be  subject  to  attack:,  in  the  area  of 
 origin,  of  plant  pests  for  which  the  refrigeration  treatment 
 herein  prescribed  may  not,  in  the  Judgment  of  the  Chief  of 
 the  Bureau  of  Entomology  and  Plant  Quarantine,  be  completely 
 ef fective . 
 
 (3)  Fmit  imported  from  foreign  countries  or  shipped  interstate 
 
 from  Hawaii  or  Puerto  Pice  under  authority  of  this  circular 
 must  be  frozen  solid  either  before  or  after  packing  for 
 shipment  and  must  be  at  a  temperature  of  20°  F.,  or  below  at 
 the  time  of  arrival. 
 
 (U)  Such  fruit  may  not  be  removed  from  the  vessel  transporting  it 
 until  it  has  been  determined  by  inspection  by  a  representa- 
 tive of  the  Bureau  of  Entomology  and  Plant  Quarantine  that 
 all  parts  of  the  shipment  at  the  time  of  arrival  registered 
 a  temperature  of  not  more  than  20°  F.  and  until  it  has  been 
 released  by  the  said  representative  of  the  Bureau  of  Entomol- 
 ogy and  Plant  Quarantine. 
 
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 (5)  If  the  fruit  in  any  part  of  a  shipment  imported  or  shipped 
 
 interstate  under  authority  of  this  circular  is  found  to  he 
 above  20°  F.  at  the  tire  of  the  inspection  required  in 
 paragraph  (U)  of  this  circular,  the  entire  shipment  shall 
 remain  on  the  transporting  vessel  under  such  saf awards  as 
 nay  he  proscribed  by  the  representative  of  the  Bureau  of 
 Entomology  and.  Plant  Quarantine  until  it  attains  the  re- 
 quired temperature  of  20°  F.  or  below,  or  is  transported  be- 
 yond the  territorial  waters  of  the  United  States. 
 
 Since  the  temperature  will  be  determined  by  thermometers,  provision 
 should  be  made  for  easy  access  to  the  interior  of  shipments  so  as  to 
 avoid  unnecessary  mutilation  or  destruction  of  containers.     It  is  sug- 
 gested therefore  that  cans ,  casks ,  or  other  types  of  packages  of  not  more 
 than  5-gallon  capacity  be  employed  wherever  possible. 
 
 Applications  should  include  information  with  respect  to  the  process 
 to  be  em-ployed — whether  the  fruit  is  to  be  frozen  prior  to  or  after  plac- 
 ing in  the  containers — and  the  approximate  length  of  time  that  it  will  be 
 exposed  to  a  temperature  of  20°  F.  or  below  while  in  transit. 
 
 Frozen  Fruits  which  Are  not  Covered  by  this  Circular 
 
 This  circular  does  not  affect  the  status  of  these  fruits  which  may 
 be  imported  or  shipped  interstate  in  the  fresh  state  under  the  provisions 
 of  the  rules  and  regulations  supplemental  to  notices  of  quarantines  nos . 
 13,  56,  5S»    When  such  fruits  are  offered  for  entry  or  interstate  move- 
 
 ment in  frozen  condition  they  are  subject  only  to  the  restrictions  which 
 apply  to  their  entry  or  interstate  movement  as  fresh  fruits. 
 
 LEE  A.  STRONG, 
 
 Chief,  Bureau  of  Entomology  and  Plant  Quarantine. 
 
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