Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Applesnail Regulation › Section 2-1-3-01-134

Current through June 25, 2024
In order to prevent the introduction and spread within
						the State of Mississippi of the destructive plant eating applesnails of the
						family
Ampullariidae
which can
						seriously affect ornamental and various other types of nursery stock, as well
						as many other plants, and in order to eradicate the applesnail were it to be
						introduced, the Bureau of Plant Industry, Mississippi Department of Agriculture
						and Commerce under the provisions of
Miss. Code Ann.
						§§
69-25-7, 69-25-9, 69-25-17, 69-25-19, 69-25-23, 69-25-25
						and 69-25-35, does declare and give public notice thereof that the movement of
						live forms of this pest into or within the State of Mississippi in any stage of
						development is hereby prohibited. The following paragraphs apply to the
						movement of the applesnail:
1.
Pest
- Applesnails of the family
Ampullariidae
.
2.
Quarantine Area
-
California - The entire state
Florida - The entire state
Texas - The entire state
Hawaii - The entire state
North Carolina - The entire state and other states or
						territories hereinafter which may be found to be infested.
3.
Regulated
					 Articles
- No common carrier or other person shall move intrastate
					 from any regulated area any of the following articles, except in accordance
					 with the conditions in this regulation. The applesnails (family
Ampullariidae
) in any living stage of
					 development. Ornamentals, nursery stocks, or any other plants, soil, sand,
					 peat, or any other articles which may be responsible for movement of the
					 applesnail.
4.
Conditions Governing Shipment
-
a. Regulated articles from the quarantined
					 area will be prohibited entry into the State of Mississippi, unless each
					 shipment is accompanied by a certificate issued by and bearing the signature of
					 the quarantine official of the state where shipment originated, certifying that
					 it has been determined by competent, official survey that the regulated
					 articles contained in the shipment were inspected and found to be free of
					 applesnails and that, further, the pest is not known to exist in the nursery or
					 site from which the shipment or regulated articles originated.
b. Each shipment of nursery stock from an
					 infested nursery or other regulated articles from an infested site must be
					 accompanied by a standard Phytosanitary Export Certificate issued by the plant
					 quarantine official of the state of origin where the shipment originated
					 certifying that the shipment has been fumigated in a gas tight chamber with
					 methyl bromide at a rate of 2 ½ pounds per 1,000 cubic feet at 70°
					 F. or above for two hours, or with HCN at a rate of 25cc per 100 cubic feet for
					 one hour at 50° F. to 85° F.
c. A copy of the Phytosanitary Export
					 Certificate must accompany the shipment with the usual state of origin nursery
					 tag or certificate with one copy of the Phytosanitary Export Certificate being
					 mailed to the State Entomologist, Bureau of Plant Industry, P. O. Box 5207,
					 Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762.