New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 17 - IMPORTATION OF PLANTS AND PLANT MATERIAL
Subchapter 3 - VEGETABLE PLANTS
Section 2:17-3.1 - Diseased or infested plants deemed nuisance; entry requirement
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 2:17-3.1
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) In order to prevent the movement into New Jersey of diseased or insect infested vegetable plants, the State Board of Agriculture does hereby declare such plants to be a nuisance and prescribes the following conditions for the entry of vegetable plants into New Jersey.
1. All vegetable plants shipped into the
State of New Jersey must be certified to have been grown under an official
certificate program of the state of origin, or to have been inspected and certified
to be apparently free of injurious insects, nematodes and plant diseases on the
basis of an inspection no more than five days prior to removal from the
soil.
2. All plants certified as
prescribed above must be accompanied by an official certificate so stating attached
to each included crate, basket or other container.
3. Any person importing vegetable plants into the
State of New Jersey shall notify the Department of Agriculture of such shipment
prior to, or within 24 hours after, arrival of the shipment.
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