[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 7, Volume 5] [Revised as of January 1, 2002] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 7CFR318.58-2] [Page 185-186] TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE CHAPTER III--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PART 318--HAWAIIAN AND TERRITORIAL QUARANTINE NOTICES--Table of Contents Subpart--Fruits and Vegetables From Puerto Rico or Virgin Islands Sec. 318.58-2 Regulated articles. (a) Prohibited movement. Fruits, vegetables, and other products specified in Sec. 318.58 and not eligible for inspection and certification under Sec. 318.58-4 or otherwise expressly authorized movement in the regulations in this subpart are prohibited movements. (b) Regulated movement. (1) Subject to the conditions provided in this section, and to any treatment prescribed by the Deputy Administrator of the Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs, the following fruits and vegetables may be moved when they are free from plant litter, are marked in compliance with Sec. 318.58-6, and have been inspected by an inspector and certified by him to be free from injurious insect infestation (including the West Indian fruitfly and the bean pod borer) or to have been given prescribed treatment: Citrus fruits (orange, grapefruit, lemon, citron, and lime); Corn (sweet corn on cob); Mangoes (Mangifera spp.), no larger than size 8 (no more than 700 g each), when treated as prescribed in the Plant Protection and Quarantine Treatment Manual; Peppers; String beans, lima beans, faba beans, and pigeon peas, in the pod, and fresh okra. However, products within this subparagraph will be certified for movement to Pacific Coast ports or to Atlantic Coast ports south of Baltimore, Maryland, only when they have been treated as prescribed by the Deputy Administrator of the Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs, and under the supervision of an inspector. Such products may be certified for movement to Baltimore, Maryland, and Atlantic Coast ports north thereof without such treatment, but untreated fresh okra may be so certified only for immediate processing or consumption in these northern areas. (2) The following fruits and vegetables are subject to inspection, either in the field or when presented for shipment, as the inspector may require, but unless found by him to be infested shall be free to move without certification, marking, treatment, or other requirements of this subpart, except that they must be free from plant litter and soil: Provided, That if the inspector shall find any field, grove, lot, shipment, or container of such fruits and vegetables infested with injurious insects, he shall notify the owner or person in charge, in writing, of the existence of the infestation and the extent thereof, and thereafter movement of the fruit or vegetable so specified shall be prohibited while the infestation persists, unless in the judgment of the inspector movement may be safely [[Page 186]] allowed subject to certification after having been given an approved treatment, or after sorting, conditioning, or other effective safeguard measures: Algarroba pods (Hymenaea courbaril). Allium spp. (onion, chive, garlic, leek, scallion, shallot). Anise (Pimpinella anisum). Apio, celery root (Arracacia xanthorrhiza). Arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea). Artichoke, Jerusalem (Helianthus tuberosus). Asparagus. Avocado. Balsamapple, balsam-pear (Momordica balsamina; M. charantia). Banana and plantain (fruit). Banana leaves (fresh, without stalks or midrib). Beans (fresh shelled lima and faba beans). Beet, including Swiss chard. Brassica oleracea (cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, collard, kale, kohlrabi, Savoy). Breadfruit, jackfruit (Artocarpus spp.). Cacao bean (Theobroma cacao). Carrot. Celery. Chayote (Sechium edule). Chicory, endive (Cichorium intybus). Citrus fruit (citron, grapefruit, lemon, lime, and orange) destined for ports on the Atlantic seaboard north of and including Baltimore. Cucumbers, including Angola cucumber (Sicania odorata). Culantro, coriander (Eryngium foetidum; Coriandrum sativum). Dasheen, malanga, taro (Colocasia and Caladium spp.). Eggplant. Fennel. Ginger root (Zingiber officinale). Horseradish (Armoracia). Kudzu (Pueraria thunbergiana). Lerens, sweet corn root (Calathea allouia). Lettuce. Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana). Mustard greens. Palm hearts. Papaya, lechosa (Carica papaya). Parsley. Parsnip. Peas (in pod) (Pissum sativum). Pigeonpea (fresh shelled). Pineapple. Potato. Quenepa (Melicocca bijuga). Radish. Rhubarb. Rutabaga. Spinach. Squash, pumpkin, watermelon, vegetable-marrow, cantaloup, calabaza. Strawberry. Tamarind beanpod (Tamarindus indica). Tomato. Turnip. Watercress. Waterlily root, lotus root (Nelumbium nelumbo). Yam, name (Dioscorea spp.). Yautia, tanier (Xanthosoma spp.). Yuca, cassava (Manihot esculenta). (3) Cactus plants or parts thereof from the Virgin Islands of the United States may be moved to Guam, Puerto Rico, or the continental United States when they have been given an approved treatment and are so certified by an inspector. [24 FR 10777, Dec. 29, 1959, as amended at 28 FR 13281, Dec. 7, 1963; 30 FR 749, Jan. 23, 1965; 36 FR 24917, Dec. 24, 1971. Redesignated and amended at 54 FR 3580, Jan. 25, 1989; 55 FR 5436, Feb. 15, 1990]