Florida Administrative Code › 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES › 5B - Division of Plant Industry › Chapter 5B-3 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND CERTIFICATION ENTRY REQUIREMENTS › Section 5B-3.0038 - Quarantine Action

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Plants and
				plant products which are not accompanied by proof of origin and a certificate
				of inspection issued by a state or country plant protection governmental agency
				indicating compliance with Florida regulations or are found to be infested or
				infected with, or exposed to a plant pest not known to be established in the
				state shall be subject to being refused entry, returned to the owner,
				quarantined, treated, or destroyed as specified by the department. The
				destruction, quarantine, treatment, or return of a shipment shall be under the
				direction of an authorized representative of the department and at the expense
				of the owner. Payment to the department for such expense shall be required
				before shipping can resume. Pursuant to Section
				581.031(7),
				F.S., shippers shall be immediately suspended from shipping into Florida when
				shipments of plants and plant products are found to be infested or infected
				with a plant pest not known to be established in the state, and the pest is
				determined to be potentially damaging to Florida agriculture. This suspension
				shall remain in effect until the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer
				Services, Division of Plant Industry and the state of origin department of
				agriculture agree the problem has been resolved and that shipping may resume.
				An Agreement for Treatment, Destruction, Forfeiture or Return of Plants and/or
				Plant Parts, FDACS-08029, revised 9/16, will be completed on all shipments
				requiring regulatory action. This agreement is supplied by the division for
				this purpose and is hereby incorporated herein by reference. A copy may be
				obtained via
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-07879
.
				The following are examples of plant pests that would require immediate
				quarantine action:
(a) Arthropods
1.
Agrilus planipennis
-
				emerald ash borer
2.
Aceria
				litchii
- currently in Hawaii; Litchi mite
3.
Anoplophora
spp. - Asian
				longhorned beetles
4.
Bactericerca cockerelli
- potato psyllid
5.
Bactericera nigricornis
complex - Old world potato psyllid
6.
Bagrada hilaris
- bagrada
				bug
7.
Biprorulus
				bibax
- spined orange bug
8.
Bostrichidae
- Bostrichid
				beetles
9.
Brevipalpus
				chilensis
- Chilean false red mite
10.
Ceratovacuna lanigera
-
				sugarcane woolly aphid
11.
Epiphyas postvittana
- light brown apple moth
12.
Eutetranychus orientalis
- Oriental red mite
13.
Exophthalmus
spp. - Caribbean citrus weevils
14.
Halyomorpha halys
-
				brown marmorated stink bug
15.
Liriomyza huidobrensis
- pea leaf miner
16.
Liriomyza langei
- pea
				leaf miner
17.
Lobesia
				botrana
- European grapevine moth
18.
Maconellicoccus hirsutus
- pink mealybug
19.
Metamasius
spp. - Neotropical palm and bromeliad
				weevils
20.
Musgraveia
				sulciventris
- bronze orange bug
21.
Myllocerus
spp. - Asian
				weevils
22.
Nasonovia
				ribisnigri
- currant-lettuce aphid
23.
Nephotettix
spp. - Green
				leafhoppers on rice
24.
Nilaparvata lugens
- brown plant hopper
25.
Oxycarenus hyalinipennis
- dusky cottonseed bug
26.
Prymnotrypes
spp. - Andean potato weevils
27.
Rhagoletis mendax
-
				blueberry maggot fly
28.
Rhynchophorus ferrugineus
- red palm weevil
29.
Rhynchophorus palmarum
-
				giant palm weevil
30.
Russelliana solanicola
- a potato psyllid
31.
Siphoninus plyillyleae
-
				Ash whitefly
32.
Trioza
				anceps
- avocado psyllid
33.
Trioza perseae
- avocado
				psyllid
34.
Trioza
				erytreae
- African citrus psyllid
35.
Tropilaelaps clareae
-
				Tropilaelaps mite
36.
Tuta
				absoluta
- tomato leaf miner