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 UNITED  STATES  W&AKfiSBpR  OF  A^RICULTUH^ 
 Bureau  of  Entomology  and  Plant  Quarantine 
 
 Washington,  D.  C, 
 
 May  27,  1939 
 
 B.  E.  P.  Q.  498  (Supersedes  B,  P.  ft.  352) 
 
 Sec.  301.48-.5a  Administrative  Instructions  -  Defining 
 the  term  "camMercially  packed"  as  applied  to  ship- 
 ments of  apples  or  peaches  under  the  Japanese 
 beetle  quarantine  regulations 
 
 Regulation  5  of  the  Japanese  beetle  quarantine  regulations 
 (Sec,  301,48-5)  exempts  from  certification  "commercially  packed 
 apples  or  commercially  packed  peaches  in  any  quantity"  except 
 those  moving  via  refrigerator  cars  or  motortrucks  from  the  special 
 area  listed  in  paragraph  (1)  of  that  regulation. 
 
 In  interpreting  this  exemption  the  term  "commercially 
 packed"  will  include: 
 
 (a)  All  apples  or  peaches  in  closed  barrels,  bcxes ,  baskets, 
 or  other  closed  containers. 
 
 (b)  Apples  or  peaches  in  open  packages  when  such  fruits 
 have  been  graded  in  accordance  with  the  official  standards  for 
 apples  or  peaches  promulgated  by  the  United  States  Department  of 
 Agriculture  or  in  accordance  with  any  official  grades  authorized 
 by  the  State  in  which  the  apples  or  peaches  were  grown  and  when  the 
 containers  are  marked 'with  such  grade.  The  so-called  Unclassified 
 Grade  is  not,  however,  considered  a  grade  within  the  meaning  of 
 this  definition,  and  apples  or  peaches  in  open  packages^so  marked 
 
 are  not  considered  commercially  packed.   (Sec.  301.48-5)  [B.  E.  ?.  Q. 
 498,  May  27,  1939] 
 
 LEE  A.  STRONG 
 Chief,  Bureau  of  Entomology  and  Plant  Quarantine 
 
/ERSITY  OF  FLORIDA 
 
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