Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2008/07/31/E8-17592/citrus-canker-movement-of-fruit-from-a-quarantined-area-bag-markings
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Federal Register | Citrus Canker; Movement of Fruit From a Quarantined Area; Bag Markings
Dates: This interim rule is effective July 31, 2008. We will consider all comments that we receive on or before September 29, 2008.
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Document Number: E8-17592
Shorter URL: https://federalregister.gov/a/E8-17592 Related Topics
Citrus Canker; Movement of Fruit From a Quarantined Area; Bag Markings 4 actions from July 31st, 2008 to December 2008
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The regulations to prevent the interstate spread of citrus canker are contained in §§ 301.75-1 through 301.75-14 of “Subpart—Citrus Canker” (7 CFR 301.75-1 through 301.75-17, referred to below as the regulations). The regulations restrict the interstate movement of regulated articles from and through areas quarantined because of citrus canker and provide, among other things, conditions under which regulated fruit may be moved into, through, and from quarantined areas for packing. These regulations are promulgated pursuant to the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.).
We proposed adding the limited permit statement in order to help ensure that only fruit that was handled in accordance with all of the requirements in § 301.75-7 would be moved interstate. In addition, the limited permit statement indicates under whose authority the distribution of the fruit to commercial citrus-producing States is prohibited, thus further assuring that packers and handlers comply with the limited distribution requirement. It was also our understanding that boxes and other containers in which fruit would be moving interstate would be large enough to bear the proposed limited permit statement, by adding either a sticker or stamp to the existing inventory of boxes or containers.
We received comments on the proposed rule stating that bags of fruit, which are typically packed in boxes, also bore the limited distribution statement but that it was not practical to add the limited permit statement using a sticker or stamp, as the surface area of the label on bags was not large enough to accommodate the additional limited permit statement. Existing inventories of bags would have to be destroyed, and new bags would have to be printed.
The regulations in paragraph (a)(5)(ii) of § 301.75-7 have provided that, until August 1, 2008, fruit that meets all the requirements of § 301.75-7 may be packed in bags that are clearly marked with the statement “Not for distribution in AZ, CA, HI, LA, TX, and American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands of the United States,” as long as the bags of fruit are packed in boxes that are marked with both the limited permit and limited distribution statements. Fruit that does not meet all the requirements of § 301.75-7 may not be packed in either bags or boxes that are marked with the limited distribution statement.
We determined that this requirement would ensure that fruit moved interstate meets the requirements of § 301.75-7 and would provide protection against the distribution of fruit to commercial citrus-producing States because the bags must be packed in boxes that are marked with both the limited permit statement and the limited distribution statement, and because bagged fruit is not unloaded from the boxes in which it is shipped until it reaches the point of sale. Since the final rule became effective on November 19, 2007, there have been no instances where bags of fruit have been unloaded from the boxes in which they were shipped and distributed prior to the final point of sale. This requirement has provided an effective means of ensuring that the information regarding the permitted distribution of the fruit is apparent to enforcement personnel, distributors, and consumers.
Under these circumstances, the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has determined that this action will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. Executive Order 12372 Back to Top
§ 301.75-7 [Amended]
2.In § 301.75-7, paragraph (a)(5)(ii) is amended by removing the word “2008” and adding the word “2010” in its place. end regulatory text