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