Alabama Administrative Code
Title 80 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES
MARKETING
Chapter 80-10-6 - IMPORTED FIRE ANT QUARANTINE
Section 80-10-6-.01 - Determination Of Problem And Establishment Of Quarantine
Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024
(1) It has been determined that the destructive insect pest known as the black imported fire ant, Solenopsis richteri Forel and the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren has become established in the state of Alabama as well as in other states. It is also found and determined that this pest is extremely injurious to Alabama cultivated crops and that a quarantine against said pest would be in the best interest of horticulture and agriculture in Alabama.
(2) Due to the above determination, a quarantine against the above defined pest is hereby established.
Author: Charles H. Barnes
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 2-25-1, et seq.