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 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLAINT QUARANTINE 
 WASHINGTON, D. C, 
 
 May 9, 1939. 
 
 B. E. P, Q. 476, Supplement No. 3. 
 
 PLANT- QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS 
 OF THE 
 
 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA 
 
 Amendment of Regulation 21 of the Regulations Effective September 
 
 19, 1935 
 
 Restrictions on the Importation of Vegetables 
 
 Regulation 21 of the Quarantine (Plants) Regulations 
 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following subregula- 
 tion: 
 
 E, - (l) In the case of vegetables from any country, a 
 certificate dated and. signed by a responsible of- 
 ficer of the Department of Agriculture of the coun- 
 try of origin identifying the vegetables, stating the 
 quantity, and certifying: 
 
 (a) That they were grown in the country named; 
 
 (b) That the pest known as cabbage butterfly ( Pieri s 
 rapae L. ) does not exist in the part of the coun- 
 try in which they were grown; 
 
 (_c) That they were, on inspection prior to shipment, 
 found to be free from Pieri s rapae L« ; and 
 
 (d) That they were packed in the country of origin in 
 clean new packages. 
 
 (2) For the purpose of this subregulation "vegetable" 
 means borecole, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, 
 ^. cauliflower, chou moellier, horseradish, kohlrabi, radish, 
 rape, Swedes, turnip, or any vegetable whatsoever of the 
 family Crucifcrae, and includes lettuce. 
 
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 Since Pi ori s rapao is quite generally distributed throughout 
 the United States the provisions of (l) (b) cannot he certified, 
 consequently this subr emulation constitutes a prohibition of 
 importation of the vegetables above named from the United States,