California Code of Regulations
Title 3 - Food and Agriculture
Division 4 - Plant Industry
Chapter 3 - Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Subchapter 4 - Plant Quarantine
Article 3 - Exterior Quarantine (Regulations)
Section 3252 - Caribbean Fruit Fly Exterior Quarantine

Universal Citation: 3 CA Code of Regs 3252

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024

A quarantine is established against the following pest, its hosts, and possible carriers.

(a) Pest. Caribbean fruit fly, Anastrepha suspensa, of the family Tephritidae is, in the adult stage, a yellowish-brown fly from one and a half to two times the size of a housefly. This insect is a serious pest of many kinds of fruit.

(b) Area Under Quarantine. The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and all the State of Florida south of and including Hernando, Sumter, Lake, and Volusia counties.

(c) Articles and Commodities Covered.

(1) The fruit or berries of all plants listed below are declared to be hosts and possible carriers of the Caribbean fruit fly.

Common Name Botanical Name
Akee.......................... Blighia sapida
Allspice.......................... Pimenta dioica
Apple.......................... Malus sylvestris
Avocado, except commercial fruit.......................... Persea americana
Barbados Cherry.......................... Malpighia glabra
Bell Pepper, except commercial fruit.......................... Capsicum frutescens
Blackberry.......................... Rubus hybrid
Box Orange.......................... Severinia buxifolia
Calabur.......................... Muntingia calabura
Calamondin.......................... X Citrofortunella mitis
Carambola.......................... Averrhoa carambola
Ceylon Gooseberry.......................... Dovyalis hebecarpa
Cherry of the Rio Grande.......................... Eugenia aggregata
Cocoplum.......................... Chrysolbalanus icaco
Egg Fruit.......................... Pouteria campechiana
Fig.......................... Ficus carica
Governor's Plum.......................... Flacourtia indica
Grapefruit.......................... Citrus paradisi
Grumichama.......................... Eugenia brasiliensis
Guava (all).......................... Psidium spp.
Guiana Plum.......................... Drypetes lateriflora
Imbe.......................... Garcinia livingstonei
Jaboticaba.......................... Myrciaria cauliflora
Jambolan Plum.......................... Syzygium cumini
Japanese Pear.......................... Pyrus pyrifolia
Japanese Persimmon.......................... Diospyros kaki
Java Apple.......................... Syzygium samarangense
Kei Apple.......................... Dovyalis caffra
Kieffer Pear.......................... Pyrus pyrifolia x Pyrus communis
Kiwi.......................... Actinidia chinensis
Kumquat.......................... Fortunella crassifolia
Kumquat (oval).......................... Fortunella margarita
Lime.......................... Citrus aurantifolia
Limeberry.......................... Triphasia trifolia
Limequat.......................... X Citrofortunella floridana
Longan, except commercial fruit.......................... Dimocarpus longan
Loquat.......................... Eriobotrya japonica
Lychee except commercial fruit.......................... Litchi chinensis
Mango.......................... Mangifera indica
Miracle Fruit.......................... Synsepalum dulcificum
Natal Plum.......................... Carissa grandiflora
Nectarine.......................... Prunus persica
Orange Jasmine.......................... Murraya paniculata
Jack Orangequat.......................... Citrus nobilis 'unshiu' x Fortunella sp.
Otaheite Apple.......................... Spondias cytherea
Papaya.......................... Carica papaya
Peach.......................... Prunus persica
Pear.......................... Pyrus communis
Pitomba.......................... Eugenia luschnathiana
Pomegranate.......................... Punica granatum
Pond Apple.......................... Annona glabra
Rangpur Lime.......................... Citrus limonia
Rose Apple.......................... Syzygium jambos
Sapodilla.......................... Manilkara zapota
Sour Orange.......................... Citrus aurantium
Sugar Apple.......................... Annona squamosa
Surinam Cherry.......................... Eugenia uniflora
Sweet Lemon.......................... Citrus limetta
Sweet Orange.......................... Citrus sinensis
Tangelo.......................... Citrus paradisi x Citrus reticulata
Tangerine.......................... Citrus reticulata Blanco
Temple Orange.......................... Citrus sinensis x Citrus reticulata
Tomato, except commercial fruit.......................... Lycopersicon esculentum (L. Lycopersicum)
Tropical Almond.......................... Terminalia catappa
Velvet Apple or Velvet Persimmon.......................... Diospyros blancoi
Wampi.......................... Clausena lansium
White Sapoti.......................... Casimiroa edulis
Wild Balsam Apple.......................... Mormodica charantia
Wild Cinnamon.......................... Canella winteriana
Wild Dilly.......................... Manilkara jaimiqui ssp. emarginata
Annona hybrid
Atalantia citriodes
Eugenia coronata
Eugenia ligustrina
Ficus altissima
Garcinia xanthochymus
Manilkara roxburghiana
Myrcianthes fragrans
Myrciaria glomerata
Pseudanamomis umbellulifera
Rheedia aristata
Terminalia muelleri
Trevisia palmata

(2) Soil or planting media within the drip area of plants producing, or which have produced, fruit of the plants listed in (1) above.

(3) Exemptions. The following are exempt from provisions of this regulation.
(A) Green sour lime fruit which shows no yellow coloring.

(B) Lemons regardless of color.

(d) Restrictions. Articles and commodities covered are prohibited entry into California from the area under quarantine, except as provided below:

(1) Articles and Commodities Covered Admissible When Treated At Origin. Articles and commodities covered are admissible into California from the area under quarantine provided each lot or shipment is accompanied by a certificate issued by an authorized representative of the origin state department of agriculture or the United States Department of Agriculture affirming that the lot or shipment was treated for Caribbean fruit fly, prior to shipment and under supervision of the origin state department of agriculture or the United States Department of Agriculture, in a manner approved by the Secretary of the Department of Food and Agriculture and was not exposed to reinfestation by the fly.

1. New section filed 12-1-75; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 75, No. 49). For former history see Register 74, No. 32.
2. Amendment of subsection (d) filed 10-24-79; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 79, No. 43).
3. Amendment filed 7-3-80; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 80, No. 27).
4. Amendment filed 8-10-84; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 84, No. 32).
5. Amendment of section heading, subsections (a), (c)(1) and (d)(1), and NOTE filed 2-21-97; operative 3-23-97 (Register 97, No. 8).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 407, 5301, and 5302, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 5301 and 5302, Food and Agricultural Code.

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