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. The fruit fly Zeugodacus tau (formerly
Bactrocera tau).
(b) An area shall be designated as under
quarantine when survey results indicate an infestation is present, the
Department has defined the infested area, and the local California County
Agricultural Commissioner(s) is notified and requests the quarantine area be
established. The Department shall also provide electronic and/or written
notification of the area designation(s) to other California County Agricultural
Commissioners and other interested or affected parties and post the area
description to its website. An interested party may also go to the website and
elect to receive automatic notifications of any changes in quarantine areas
through the list serve option.
(1) An
infestation is present when:
(A) Either eggs,
a larva, a pupa, a mated female or two or more adult Zeugodacus
tau fruit flies of either sex are detected within three miles of each
other and within one life cycle.
(B) Satellite infestations. A detection of a
single life stage of Zeugodacus tau within any established
quarantine area may be considered a satellite infestation and may be used as
the epicenter using an additional 4.5-mile radius surrounding the detection to
expand the quarantine area.
(2) The initial area under quarantine shall
be a minimum of a 4.5-mile radius surrounding the detections being used as an
epicenter. Commercial host properties shall not be split by the quarantine
boundary line and the boundary line shall be expanded beyond the 4.5 miles as
necessary to encompass such host material in its entirety. Wherever possible,
known accepted mapping features, including, but not limited to, roads, streets,
highways, creeks, streams, rivers, canals, city, county, state, park, and
forest boundary lines are used first, and if there are no acceptable features
such as these, then imaginary lines with or without latitude and longitude
points may be used.
(3) Any
interested party or local entity may appeal an area designation by submission
to the Department of a written request for review of the designation
accompanied by clear and convincing evidence justifying a change in the
designation. The appeal must be submitted to the Department's Legal Office at
1220 N Street, Suite 315, Sacramento, CA 95814 or emailed to
CDFA.LegalOffice@cdfa.ca.gov no later than ten (10) working days following
publication of the notice of designation. The Department must respond with a
written decision no later than ten (10) working days following receipt of the
appeal. During the pending of the appeal, the designation under appeal shall
remain in effect.
(4) The infested
area designation shall be removed if no additional life stages are detected by
trapping or visual surveys for three life cycles after the last detection
within the quarantine area.
(5) The
time determined for Zeugodacus tau to complete three life
cycles begins from the date of the most recent detection and is measured by a
life cycle estimate. A life cycle estimate is an assessment of insect
development based on a model derived from the temperatures recorded for each
day at the time and in the area of an infestation. Daily minimum and maximum
temperatures are used to produce an interpolated temperature curve over each
24-hour period and a calculation of how much time is above and below a base
developmental (minimum) temperature needed for insect development. This
information is used to estimate the time period necessary for the completion of
one full lifecycle of Zeugodacus tau under the specific local
and temporal circumstances. The total amount of heat required to develop from
one stage to another is calculated in units called degree-days. If the average
temperature in 24 hours is one degree higher than the minimum temperature
required for a particular pest, one degree-day's temperature is accumulated in
the life cycle estimate. Accumulating degree-days is used to determine the
generation time. For Zeugodacus tau, the Department uses 826
degree-days Fahrenheit as the length of one life cycle.
(c) Articles and Commodities Covered. All
fruit, vegetables, pericarp of nuts, seeds, or berries listed in Title 3
California Code of Regulations Section
3591.27(b)(1)
Zeugodacus tau Eradication Area.
(1) Soil within the drip area of plants
producing, or which have produced, fruit or berries as listed in Title 3
California Code of Regulations Section
3591.27(b)(1)
above.
(2) Any other product,
article, or means of conveyance when it is determined by the Secretary or
County Agricultural Commissioner to present a hazard of spreading live life
stages of Zeugodacus tau and the person in possession thereof
has been so notified, either by public notice, written communication, or
verbally by a county, state, or federal agricultural official;
(d) Restrictions.
(1) At the wholesale level, articles and
commodities covered in subsection (c) are prohibited movement within or from
the area under quarantine except as provided in (A) or (B) below:
(A) If the article or commodity has been
treated in a manner to eliminate Zeugodacus tau, is
transported in a manner to preclude exposure to Zeugodacus
tau, and is accompanied by a written certificate issued by an
authorized State or county agricultural official affirming compliance with this
subsection; or,
(B) The article or
commodity is moving for treatment or processing to eliminate Zeugadacus
tau, is transported in a manner to preclude exposure to any
Zeugodacus tau, and is accompanied by a written certificate
issued by an authorized State or county agricultural official affirming such
movement has been authorized under this subsection.
(2) At the wholesale level, articles and
commodities covered in subsection (c) which have been commercially produced
outside the area under quarantine are prohibited movement into the area under
quarantine except when accompanied by a shipping document indicating the point
of origin and destination and moved in compliance with (A), (B) or (C) below:
(A) If the article or commodity is moving
directly through the area under quarantine without stopping except as dictated
by traffic controls and by a direct route in an enclosed vehicle or container
or completely enclosed by a covering to prevent exposure to the
Zeugodacus tau while enroute through the area; or,
(B) The article or commodity is destined to a
wholesale or retail establishment within the quarantined area and, if moving
between 9 a.m. and sunset, is transported in an enclosed vehicle or container
or completely enclosed by a covering to prevent exposure to Zeugodacus
tau; or
(C) The article or
commodity is destined to a commercial processing facility.
(3) At the retail level, articles and
commodities covered which have been commercially produced are prohibited
movement from or within the area under quarantine except when the person in
possession has a proof of sale showing the commodity was purchased from a
commercial establishment.
(4)
Articles and commodities covered which have been noncommercially produced
within the area under quarantine, including "backyard" production, are
prohibited movement from the premises where grown except under written
authorization of the Department or County Agricultural Commissioner.
(5) Articles and commodities covered which
have been noncommercially produced outside the area under quarantine are
prohibited movement into the area under quarantine except when the person in
possession has signed a statement showing the commodity, amount, origin,
destination, and date of transportation.
(6) Within the area under quarantine, no
wholesale or retail establishment shall handle, sell, or offer for sale any
article or commodity covered unless such commodities at all times are
maintained securely indoors or covered to minimize exposure to the environment
in a manner to effectively preclude Zeugodacus tau access. No
commodity covered shall be held for sale or sold from a truck, trailer, or
other mobile vehicle.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 407, 5301, 5302 and
5322, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 407, 5301, 5302 and 5322,
Food and Agricultural Code.
Note: Authority cited: Sections
407,
5301,
5302
and
5322,
Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections
407,
5301,
5302
and
5322,
Food and Agricultural Code.