New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 20 - QUARANTINES
Subchapter 9 - NON-NATIVE PHYTOPHAGOUS SNAILS
Section 2:20-9.1 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Department" means the New Jersey Department of Agriculture.

"Infested areas" mean the states of Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Washington, or any other areas that are infested with phytophagous snails that are not native to New Jersey.

"Movement" means to ship, carry, transport, offer for shipment, receive for shipment, or allow to be transported by any means.

"Non-native phytophagous snail" means any live snail, in any stage of development that feeds on plants and does not occur naturally in New Jersey including, but not limited to, the following: the brown garden snail, Helix aspersa; the green or burrowing snail, H. aperta; the pulmonate snail, H. pomatia; the white garden snail, Theba pisana; the giant African snail, Achatha fulica; the giant South American snail, Megalobulimus oblongus; the lactea snail, Otala lactea; and any other species determined by the Secretary to be a threat to New Jersey agriculture and added to this section pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:14B-1et seq. Native New Jersey species are not included.

"Plant material" means all wild, cultivated, or greenhouse-grown plants, trees, shrubs, vines, bulbous plants and roots, grafts, scions, and buds. "Plant material" includes nursery stock, annuals, bedding plants, vegetable plants, cut flowers, and decorative plants without roots.