California Code of Regulations
Title 3 - Food and Agriculture
Division 4 - Plant Industry
Chapter 3 - Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Subchapter 5 - Insect Pest Control
Article 2 - Pest Eradication Areas
Section 3591.11 - Caribbean Fruit Fly Eradication Area

Universal Citation: 3 CA Code of Regs 3591.11

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

(a) Proclamation of Eradication Area. All of the Counties of Los Angeles, Santa Clara, and Ventura in the State of California within which the Caribbean fruit fly, (Anastrepha suspensa), is known to exist, are hereby proclaimed to be an eradication area with respect to said pest. As such, it is amenable to the provisions of Article 4 (sections 5761, 5762, 5763 and 5764) of Chapter 8, Part 1, Division 4 of the Food and Agricultural Code of California.

(b) Hosts. Fruit and soil under the drip line, whether in the ground or in a container, of the canopy of the plants:

Common Name Botanical Name
Akee Blighia sapida
Allspice Pimenta dioica
Ambarella Spondias cytherea
Atemoya Annona cherimola X A. squamosa
Apple Malus sylvestris, Malus domestica Malus spp.
Autumn Maple Tree Bischofia javanica
Avocado, except Persea americana commercial fruit Balsam
Apple Momordica balsamina
Barbados Cherry Malpighia glabra
Bell Pepper, except commercial fruit Capsicum frutescens and Capsicum annuum
Birchberry Eugenia ligustrina
Blackberry Rubus hybrid
Box Orange Severinia buxifolia
Brazil Cherry Eugenia dombeyi
Cabeluda Plinia glomerata
Calabur Muntingia calabura
Calamondin X Citrofortunella mitis
Carambola Averrhoa carambola
Ceylon Gooseberry Dovyalis hebecarpa
Cherry of the Eugenia aggregata
Rio Grande Clementine Citrus reticulata
Cocoplum Chrysolbalanus icaco
Custard Apple, Sugar Apple Annona squamosa, Annona reticulata
Egg Fruit Pouteria campechiana
Date Palm Phoenix dactylifera
Fig Ficus carica
Garcinia aristata Garcinia aristata
Garcinia Garcinia spp.
Governor's Plum Flacourtia indica
Grapefruit Citrus paradisi
Grumichama Eugenia brasiliensis
Guava (all) Psidium spp.
Guiana Plum Drypetes lateriflora
Hog Plum Spondias mombin
Imbe Garcinia livingstonei
Jaboticaba Myrciaria cauliflora
Jack Orangequat Citrus nobilis 'unshu' x Fortunella sp.
Jambolan Plum Syzygium cumini
Jamboisier Rouge Eugenia pyriformis Cambess. var. uvalha
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 Fortunella spp.
Kumquat (oval) Fortunella margarita
Kumquat (round) Fortunella japonica
Kumquat, Meiwa Fortunella X crassifolia
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
Malay Apple Syzygium lalaccense
Mandarin Citrus reticulata
Mango Mangifera indica
Mangosteen Garcinia mangostana
Miracle Fruit Synsepalum dulcificum
Mombin, Purple Spondias purpurea
Mombin Spondias spp.
Murraya Murraya spp.
Natal Plum Carissa grandiflora, Carissa macrocarpa
Nectarine Prunus persica
Orange Citrus sinensis
Orange Jasmine Murraya paniculata
Otaheite Apple Spondias dulcis (=S. cytherea)
Panama Orange Citrofortunella mitis
Papaya Carica papaya
Paradise Apple Malus pumila
Peach Prunus persica
Pear Pyrus communis
Persimmon Diospyros virginiana
Pitomba Eugenia luschnathiana
Plum Prunus domestica
Plum, Japanese Prunus salicina
Pomegranate Punica granatum
Pond Apple Annona glabra
Pummelo Citrus maxima
Rangpur Lime Citrus limonia
Raspberry Rubus idaeus
Rose Apple Syzygium jambos
Sapodilla Manilkara zapota, Achras zapota
Satinleaf, Damson-plum Chrysophyllum oliviforme
Sea-grape Coccoloba uvifera
Shaddock Citrus grandis
Snowflake Aralia Trevesia palmata
Sour Orange Citrus aurantium
Star Apple Chrysophyllum cainito
Sugar Apple Annona squamosa
Surinam Cherry Eugenia uniflora
Sweet Lemon Citrus limetta
Sweet Orange Citrus sinensis
Syzygium Syzygium spp.
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)
Triphasia Triphasia spp.
Tropical Almond Terminalia catappa
Velvet Apple or Velvet Diospyros blancoi
Persimmon
Wampi Clausena lansium
White Sapote Casimiroa edulis
Wild Balsam Apple Momordica charantia
Wild Cinnamon Canella winteriana
Wild Coffee Casearia hirsuta
Wild Dilly Manilkara jaimiqui ssp. emarginata
Annona hybrid
Atalantia citriodes
Eugenia coronata
Eugenia ligustrina
Eugenia spp.
Ficus altissima
Garcinia xanthochymus
Manilkara roxburghiana
Myrcianthes fragrans
Myrciaria glomerata
Pseudanamomis umbellulifera
Rheedia aristata
Terminalia muelleri
Trevisia palmata

(c) Means and Methods. The following means and methods may be used in the eradication and control of said pest in said area.

(1) The use of insecticides, chemicals, or other materials as spray (including soil spray treatments), dust, bait, or in any other form as often as necessary to effect control or eradication.

(2) The removal and destruction of hosts and of the fruit of such hosts if such action is the only practical way of eliminating the infestation.

(3) The search for all stages of Caribbean fruit fly by visual inspection, the use of traps, or any other means.

(4) The removal and destruction of abandoned or unwanted plants bearing or capable of bearing hosts.

(5) The importation, rearing, liberation, and fostering of parasites and predators which attack the fly.

(6) The importation, rearing, or liberation of sterile forms of the Caribbean fruit fly.

1. New section filed 9-12-2013 as an emergency; operative 9-12-2013 (Register 2013, No. 37). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 3-11-2014 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day. For prior history, see Register 84, No. 48.
2. Certificate of Compliance as to 9-12-2013 order transmitted to OAL 1-7-2014 and filed 1-23-2014 (Register 2014, No. 4).
3. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 11-3-2014 as an emergency; operative 11-3-2014 (Register 2014, No. 45). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 5-4-2015 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
4. Certificate of Compliance as to 11-3-2014 order transmitted to OAL 4-30-2015 and filed 6-2-2015 (Register 2015, No. 23).
5. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 9-29-2021 as an emergency; operative 9-29-2021 (Register 2021, No. 40). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 3-28-2022 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
6. Reinstatement of section as it existed prior to 9-29-2021 emergency amendment by operation of Government Code section 11346.1(f) (Register 2022, No. 41).
7. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 10-31-2022; operative 1-1-2023 (Register 2022, No. 44).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 5322, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 5761, 5762, 5763 and 5764, Food and Agricultural Code.

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