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 3272 - Cornstalk Borers and Sugarcane Borer Exterior Quarantine

Universal Citation: 3 CA Code of Regs 3272

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

A quarantine is established against the following pests, their hosts and possible carriers:

(a) Pests. Southern cornstalk borer (Diatraea crambidoides); southwestern corn borer (Diatraea grandiosella); and sugarcane borer (Diatraea saccharalis), moths, in the family Pyralidae, which cause extensive damage to corn and sugarcane by boring in the stalks and tap roots.

(b) Area Under Quarantine. The entire States of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

(c) Articles and Commodities Covered. The following articles and commodities are hereby declared to be hosts and possible carriers of the pests herein quarantined against.

(1) Corn or Maize (Zea mays). Stalks or corncobs including corn on the cob (fresh or dry).

(2) Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum). Stalks, cuttings, rooted plants or parts thereof, except clean seed.

(d) Restrictions.

(1) Certification Required. Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) below, articles and commodities covered are prohibited entry into the State of California from the area under quarantine unless each shipment or lot is accompanied by a certificate issued by an authorized agricultural official of the state of origin, evidencing field treatments and inspections of the growing crop or post harvest treatment for the pests quarantined against as prescribed by the department. The certificate shall specify: treatment; the kind and quantity of the commodity constituting the lot or shipment; the initials and number of the railway car or license number of the truck or trailer; the name and address of the shipper and consignee; and the date issued.

(2) Manufactured or Processed Products Exempt from Restrictions. No restrictions are placed by this regulation upon the entry into this state of products consisting wholly or in part of articles or commodities covered which are processed or manufactured in such a manner as to eliminate all danger of carrying the pests herein quarantined against.

(3) Treatment Certificates for European Corn Borer Accepted. Articles or commodities moving under a certificate issued by an authorized agricultural official evidencing compliance with the certification and/or exemption requirements of Section 3263 of Title 3 of the California Code of Regulations pertaining to the European Corn Borer Exterior Quarantine, are exempted from the certification requirements of this section.

(4) Exemptions. Department inspectors may release small lots or shipments of articles or commodities covered which have been adequately inspected for the pests quarantined against.

1. New section filed 7-23-56; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 56, No. 14).
2. Amendment filed 3-28-74; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 74, No. 13).
3. Editorial correction (Register 76, No. 38).
4. Repealer and new section filed 3-29-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No. 14).
5. Amendment of section heading and subsections (b), (d)(1), (d)(3) and (d)(4) filed 8-27-98; operative 9-26-98 (Register 98, No. 35).

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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