Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) Certification
is needed on any shelled grain from areas under quarantine.
(2) Except as provided in Subsection
R68-10-7(4), each lot or shipment of shelled corn, broomcorn, sorghum, and
sudangrass grown in or shipped from the area under quarantine described in
Section
R68-10-4, or
imported or brought into this state shall be accompanied by an official
certificate showing that:
(a) with respect to
shelled grain grown in or shipped from the infested area:
(i) the grain has been passed through a
1/2-inch mesh screen or less and is believed to be free from stalks, cobs,
stems, or portions of plants or fragments capable of harboring larvae of the
European Corn Borer, and that the car or truck that transported the grain was
free from stalks, cobs, stems, or portions of plants or fragments when loading;
or
(ii) the grain has been
fumigated by a method and in a manner prescribed by the department, and setting
forth the date of fumigation, dosage schedule, and kind of fumigant used;
or
(b) with respect to
shelled grain grown in and shipped from non-infested states under quarantine, a
certificate issued by the proper official of the state where the grain was
produced, affirming that any grain covered by the certificate is a product of
the state where no European Corn Borer is known to exist and that its continued
identity has been maintained to assure no blending or mixing with grain,
plants, or portions produced in or shipped from an infested area.
(2) Any lot or shipment of shelled
grain arriving in this state that is not accompanied by an official certificate
, or that is certified on the basis of freedom from contamination with portions
of plants or fragments capable of harboring larvae of European Corn Borer and
that is found to be contaminated, shall be considered in violation of this
quarantine.
(3) Any certificates
issued in compliance with this quarantine shall also set forth the kind and
quantity of the commodity constituting the lot or shipment, the initials and
number of the railway car or license number of a truck, and the names and
addresses of the shipper and consignee.
(4) Small lots and packages of seed may be
admitted without a certificate.
(a) Individual
shipments or lots of one hundred pounds or less of clean shelled grain and seed
covered by this quarantine, or comprised of packages of less than ten pounds,
are exempted from the certification requirements and will be admitted into this
state subject to inspection and freedom from portions of plants or fragments
capable of harboring European Corn Borer.
(5) Stalks, ears, cobs, or other parts,
fragments, or debris of corn, broomcorn, sorghums, and sudangrass may be
admitted under a fumigation treatment certificate.
(a) Stalks, ears, cobs, or other parts,
fragments, or debris of corn, broomcorn, sorghums, and sudangrass grown in or
shipped from the area under quarantine imported as stalks, ears, cobs, or other
part, fragments, or debris of corn, broomcorn, sorghums, and sudangrass or as
packing or otherwise, shall be admitted into this state only if each lot or
shipment is accompanied by an official certificate of the state of origin,
affirming that any stalks, ears, cobs, or other parts, fragments, or debris of
the plants have been fumigated by a method and in a manner prescribed by the
department, and setting forth the date and full particulars of the treatment
applied.
(b) Stalks, ears, cobs, or
other parts, fragments, or debris of plants grown in and shipped from states
under quarantine not listed in the infested area shall be admitted into this
state, provided each shipment or lot is accompanied by an official certificate
of the state where produced, affirming that the product is a product of the
state where no European Corn Borer is known to exist and that continued
identity of the product has been maintained to assure no handling or storage in
association with stalks, ears, cobs, or other parts, fragments, or debris of
the plants grown in or shipped from infested areas.
(c) Each certificate issued in compliance
with Subsection R68-10-7(5) shall also set forth the kind and quantity of the
commodity constituting the lot or shipment covered, the initials and number of
the railway car or license number in the case of a truck, and the names and
addresses of the shipper and consignee.
(6) Certification is needed on certain
vegetable and ornamental plants and plant products produced in or shipped from
an infested area.
(a) Except as provided in
Subsection R68-10-7(7), each restricted product, produced in or shipped from
the infested area shall be admitted into this state, provided each lot or
shipment is officially certified by an authorized official of the state where
produced, showing that the plants, products, or cut flowers have been inspected
or that the greenhouse or growing grounds where the restricted products were
produced were inspected and no European Corn Borer was found, or that the
plants, products, or cut flowers have been fumigated by a method and in a
manner prescribed by the department, and setting forth the date of fumigation,
dosage schedule, and kind of fumigant used.
(b) No restrictions are placed by this
quarantine on the entry into Utah of vegetable and ornamental plants and plant
products produced in and shipped from any non-infested state.
(7) Certification requirements of
Subsection R68-10-7(6) are waived on individual shipments or lots of certain
restricted vegetable, ornamental plants, and plant products described, under
and subject to the following conditions.
(a)
In lots of shipments of ten pounds or less of beans in the pod, beets, peppers
fruits, endive, Swiss chard, and rhubarb, including cut rhubarb or rhubarb
plants with roots.
(b) During
period of November 30th to May 1st -divisions without stems of the previous
year's growth, rooted cuttings, seedling plants and cut flowers of aster,
chrysanthemum, calendula, cosmos, hollyhock, marigold, zinnia, and Japanese
Hop.
(8) No
restrictions are placed by this quarantine upon the movement of restricted
products that are processed or manufactured in a manner as to eliminate any
danger of carrying the pest quarantined against.
