Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Agriculture and Food
Title R68 - Plant Industry
Rule R68-15 - Quarantine Pertaining to Japanese Beetle, (Popillia Japonica)
Section R68-15-5 - Articles and Commodities Under Quarantine
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 68-15-5
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) The following are considered to be hosts and possible carriers of each stage of the Japanese beetle:
(a) soil, humus, compost and manure, except
when commercially packaged and treated;
(b) any plants with roots, except bareroot
plants free from soil;
(c) grass
sod;
(d) plant, crowns, or roots
for propagation, except when free from soil;
(e) bulbs, corms, tubers, and rhizomes of
ornamental plants, except when free from soil; and
(f) any other plant, plant part, article, or
means of conveyance when it is determined by a Utah State Plant Quarantine
Officer to present a hazard of spreading live Japanese beetle due to
infestation or exposure to infestation by Japanese beetle.
(i) Packing material added to bareroot plants
after harvesting may not normally pose a pest risk. However, at the inspector's
discretion, packing material may be covered under Subsection
R68-15-4(1)(f).
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