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 › Sweetpotato Weevil Quarantine › Section 2-1-3-01-126

Current through June 25, 2024
Whereas it has been determined that the very serious
						insect pest known as the sweetpotato weevil
Cylas formicarius
						elegantulus
(Summers) has been found in the State of Mississippi and
						certain other states, and under provisions of
Miss. Code Ann.
§
											69-25-9,
						has been declared to be a public nuisance. Now, therefore, the Director, Bureau
						of Plant Industry, Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, by
						virtue of powers vested in him by the Commissioner, by authority granted under
Miss. Code Ann.
§
											69-25-7,
						does establish a quarantine to prevent the spread of sweetpotato weevil and
						under provisions of
Miss. Code Ann.
§§
											69-25-15
						to 25 and §
											69-25-35
						does declare and give public notice of the establishment of a quarantine (1)
						Regulated articles; (2) Conditions governing handling, movement and sale of
						regulated articles from other states; (3) Conditions governing production,
						handling, movement and sale of regulated articles within Mississippi; and (4)
						Regulated areas.
1. Definitions. For
					 the purpose of this quarantine the following shall be construed respectively to
					 mean:
a.
Certificate (Green
					 Tag)
. A tag, green in color, issued by the State Entomologist of
					 Mississippi or plant quarantine officials of the state of origin, stating that
					 the sweet potatoes on which such tag is issued were grown, stored and inspected
					 in a sweetpotato weevil free area.
b.
Commissioner
. The
					 Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and
					 Commerce.
c.
Container
. A crate, box, basket, sack or any other
					 type of packaging used to handle or move sweet potatoes or other regulated
					 articles.
d.
Control
					 area.
That portion of any regulated area which is generally
					 infested where control measures are being carried on to retard or prevent the
					 spread of the sweetpotato weevil, but where eradication is not the immediate
					 objective.
e.
Compliance agreement
. A written agreement between an
					 individual, company concern or other person engaged in growing, dealing in,
					 processing, or moving regulated articles, and the Bureau of plant Industry,
					 wherein the farmer agrees to comply with conditions specified in the agreement
					 to prevent the dissemination and spread of the sweetpotato weevil.
f.
Director
.
					 Executive Secretary and Director and/or State Entomologist of the Bureau of
					 Plant Industry, Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce.
g.
Eradication area
.
					 That portion of any regulated area where active work and control measures are
					 being applied where eradication is the immediate objective.
h.
Fumigation
. For
					 the purpose of this quarantine, fumigation means the confinement of sweet
					 potatoes in a gas tight chamber, vault, railroad car, van-type truck or under a
					 gas tight tarpaulin (such as polyethylene plastic) or other satisfactory gas
					 tight enclosure for a period of 4 hours at 70° F. into which methyl bromide
					 is released at a rate of 3 pounds per 1,000 cubic feet and the methyl bromide
					 circulated immediately after release, for a period of 30 minutes by means of an
					 electric fan placed in the enclosure to be fumigated before beginning
					 fumigation or by other approved means of circulation. Sweet potatoes to be
					 fumigated must be well cured and free of rot and must be held in a dry, cool,
					 well aerated place for 24 hours following fumigation.
i.
Infestation
. The
					 presence of the sweetpotato weevil in any stage of development, or the
					 existence of circumstances which make it reasonable to believe that the
					 sweetpotato weevil is present.
j.
Inspector
. Any authorized employee of the Bureau of
					 Plant Industry or any other person authorized by the State Entomologist of
					 Mississippi to enforce the provisions of this quarantine.
k.
Limited Permit (Manila
					 Tag).
A tag, manila in color, issued by the State Entomologist of
					 Mississippi or plant quarantine officials of the state of origin, stating that
					 the sweet potatoes on which such tag is issued were grown in a sweetpotato
					 weevil regulated area, but have been inspected and found free of
					 weevils.
l.
Master
					 Certificate
. A document issued by an authorized inspector other
					 employee of the Bureau of Plant Industry, or a plant quarantine official of
					 another state, usually covering one shipment or load of sweet potatoes in bulk
					 or in containers destined to a particular point or place in Mississippi for
					 special handling or processing or to cover movement through Mississippi to
					 other states when permitted by other states. Such Master Certificate shall
					 specify place where grown, name and address of distributor or consignor, car
					 number if by rail, tag number of truck and/or trailer and state or registration
					 if by truck and name and address of consignee.
m.
Moved, movement,
					 move
. Shipped, deposited for transmission in the mail, offered for
					 shipment, received for transportation, carried, otherwise transported or moved,
					 or allowed to be moved, by any means whatsoever, by any person directly or
					 indirectly.
n.
Person
. This term includes any corporation,
					 partnership, firm, company, joint stock company, society, or association, as
					 well as any individual.
o.
Pest
. The insect known as the sweetpotato weevil Cylas
					 formicarius elegantulus (Summers) in any stage of development.
p.
Regulated area.
Any county, parish, township, city, or other civil division or part thereof in
					 any state or territory listed in the regulations supplemental hereto as being
					 placed under quarantine, and such other areas as may become infested or deemed
					 to present a hazard of spread of the sweetpotato weevil.
q.
Regulated
					 articles
. Sweetpotato weevil, sweet potatoes, plants, roots,
					 tubers, vines or any parts thereof, vines or roots of other plants belonging to
					 the genus Ipomoea, or other products and articles of any character whatsoever,
					 the movement of which is regulated by this quarantine.
r.
Scientific
					 permit
. A document issued by the Director and/or State
					 Entomologist to allow the movement to a specific destination of regulated
					 articles for scientific purposes.