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 Agricultural  Research  Administration 
 Barea.u  of  Entomology  and  Plant  Qoarantiue 
 Washington  25 »  ^»  C. 
 
 3.E.P.(^  578-UO,  Supplement  No.  1 
 
 SUl^MARY  OP 
 PUERTO  RICO  PLAIOT  SHIPPING  REQUIRH^NTS 
 
 Recent  plant-quarantine  actions  "by  Puerto  Rico  which  modify  B.E.P.Q,  57^-^0, 
 Summary  of  Ins\ilar  Nursery  Stock  Shipping  Requirements  and  Plant  Q]aarr;ntines 
 Affecting  Interstate  Shipments,  are  as  follows: 
 
 1.  Cotton  Lint  (Quarantine  No.  7i  issued  Aug.  20,  195l)» — ^6  movement  of 
 cotton  lint  from  the  United  States,  its  Territories,  or  Island  Possessions 
 into  Puerto  Rico  is  prohihited.   (See  2.3. P. Q.  578-1+0,  p.  U, ) 
 
 2.  Tristeza  of  Citrus  (Quarantine  Ho.  9»  issued  Sept.  17,  1952). — No  move- 
 ment is  allowed  of  any  vegetative  portions  of  orange,  grapefruit,  lemon, 
 lime,  and  all  other  members  of  the  family  Rutaceae  from  any  citrus-growing 
 State  into  Puerto  Rico.  (Nevr  quarantine;  add  to  B.jS.P.Q.  578-^'+0.  ) 
 
 3.  Boll  Weevil  and  Other  Cotton  Pests  (Act  No.  35»  Sec.  1,  as  amended  by 
 Act  No.  107  of  Apr,  25,  1950) • — Unginxied  cotton,  seed  cotton,  and  other 
 cottonseed  products,  except  oil  and  cottonseed  cake  and  meal,  must  be  ac- 
 companied by  certification  that  the  locality  in  which  such  products 
 originated  is  free  from  boll  weevil  or  other  cotton  pests  or  diseases  not 
 widely  prevalent  in  Puerto  Rico.   Cottonseed  cake  and  meal,  upon  arrival 
 in  Puerto  Rico,  shall  be  subject  to  suitable  protective  measures  and  shall 
 be  fumigated  as  a  condition  of  entry.  The  use  of  any  of  these  products  as 
 packing  material  for  other  commodities  shipped  to  Puerto  Rico  or  in  any 
 other  form  is  prohibited.  (See  B.E.P.Q.  57S-UO,  p.  5.) 
 
 The  foregoing  summary  v;as  reviewed  and  approved  on  May  I5,  1953 1 
 by  Luis  A.  Catoni,  Director,  Plant  Quarantine  Service* 
 
 June  9,  1953  /s/     Avery  £.  Ilo^rb 
 
 Approved         Chief,  Bureau  of  Enoomology  and  Plant  Quarantine 
 
UNIVERSITY  OF  FLORIDA 
 
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