Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0080 - Department of Agriculture
Subtitle 0080-06 - Plant Certification
Chapter 0080-06-06 - Sweet Potato Weevil Quarantine
Section 0080-06-06-.04 - CONDITIONS GOVERNING MOVEMENT OF REGULATED ARTICLES
Universal Citation: TN Comp Rules and Regs 0080-06-06-.04
Current through September 24, 2024
Regulated articles originating in an infested area are prohibited movement into or through the State of Tennessee except that:
(1)
(a)
Regulated articles originating in an infested area may be moved through this
State by common carrier on a through waybill showing destination and provided
that such shipment be in sealed car, truck, or other conveyance.
(b) Sweet potato roots for other than seed
purposes, originating in an infested area, may be moved to designated
processing plants in this State provided that:
1. Such potatoes bear on each package or
container a certificate issued by a duly authorized official of the State of
origin affirming that the potatoes have been fumigated or otherwise treated in
accordance with accepted procedures immediately prior to shipment and
subsequently protected from reinfestation.
2. Any processing plant desiring to purchase,
move, or cause to be moved potatoes from infested areas to this State under the
provisions of this Section, shall apply to the Director of Entomology and Plant
Pathology of the Tennessee Department of Agriculture at least 15 days before
the movement is to commence setting forth the source from which the movement is
proposed, the approximate date or dates on or between which the movement will
be effected, and affirming that sanitary precautions as ordered by the said
Director of Entomology and Plant Pathology will be carried out. On approval of
such application, the Director of Entomology and Pathology shall issue a permit
authorizing the movement under such safeguards as he shall deem necessary in
order to prevent the introduction and establishment of Sweet Potato
Weevil.
3. Permits issued under
paragraph B above shall be subject to immediate revocation if safeguards
ordered are not carried out or if the agreements relative to the authorized
movement are otherwise violated.
(c) Regulated articles originating in a
regulated State but outside the infested area of such State may be moved into
or through the State of Tennessee provided each package or container of such
regulated articles is accompanied by a certificate issued by a duly authorized
official of the State of origin certifying that such regulated articles were
grown, produced, packed, and otherwise handled in an area of the regulated
State in which there is no infestation of Sweet Potato Weevil.
Authority: T.C.A. §43-518.
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