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 United Slates Department of Agriculture 
 
 ■URKAl OP BNTOMOLOG1 IND PLANT QUARANTIN1 
 
 MODIFICATION OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLE 
 QUARANTINE REGULATIONS 
 
 Ql UtANTINI NO. 56 
 
 [NTROD1 ( lOliV NOTE 
 
 inspection of fruits and vegetables offered for entry from Newfoundland 
 
 during Lod since the promulgation of Quarantine No. 56, tbe Fruit and 
 
 Quarantine, effective November i. 1028, Indicates that Importations 
 
 tables from Newfoundland can be safelj permitted on a basis 
 
 comparable to those from Canada. The present revision of the regulations 
 
 supplemental to Quarantine No. 58 ; s made therefore bo place the entry ol 
 
 fruit- on Newfoundland and its mainland territory of Labra- 
 
 atus as those from Canada, with the exception of potatoes, 
 
 have Long been and still are excluded from Newfoundland on account 
 
 ito wart 
 
 Avery S. Hoyt. 
 Actfag <'fii<f. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
 
 AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS SUPPLE- 
 MENTAL TO NOTICE OF QUARANTINE NO. 56, AS REVISED EFFEC- 
 TIVE DECEMBER 1, 1936, GOVERNING THE IMPORTATION OF FRUITS 
 AND VEGETABLES INTO THE UNITED STATES 
 
 [Approved February 24, 1940; effective February 27, 1940] 
 
 Under authority conferred by the Plant Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912 
 
 '37 Stat. 315), as amended, it is ordered that regulation 2 (See. 319.56-2) of 
 
 the Rules and Regulations supplemental to Notice of Quarantine No. 56 (Sec. 
 
 B), governing the importation of fruits and vegetables into the United 
 
 a revised effective December 1, 1936, be, and the same is hereby, 
 
 amended to read as follows: 
 
 Regulation 2 
 
 56 '-'. Restrictions on entry of fruits and vegetables. — All importa- 
 tions of fruits and vegetables must be free from plants or portions of plants. 
 : g ation 1(6) (Sec. 819.5& I (6)). 
 Dried, cured, or processed fruits and vegetables (except frozen fruits and 
 vegetables), including cured figs, and dates, raisins, nuts, and dry beans and 
 • be Imported without permit or other compliance with these regula- 
 Providedj That any such articles may be made Bubjeci to entry only under 
 permit and on compliance with the safeguards to be prescribed therein, when 
 letermined by the Secretary of Agriculture that the conditio 
 
 wing to which they have been subjected mi tirely 
 
 eliminate risk. Such determination with respeci to any such artt 
 
 • after due notice. 
 
 tricted, a^ to certain countries and disirii-ts 1 i, v special quar- 
 antine- and ether orders dow in force and by such restrictive • 
 
 I, the following fruits may be imported from all coun- 
 permit and on compliance with these regulations: Bananas, pine- 
 
 rrent quarantine* and other reatrid ellaneoua recola- 
 
 OADle on request from tho Bureau of Bntomolofl ot Quarm. 
 
apples, lemons, and sour limes. Grapes of the European or vinifera type 
 and any vegetable, except as restricted by special quarantine as indicated 
 above, may be imported from any country under permit and on compliance 
 with these regulations, at such ports as shall be authorized in the permits, on 
 presentation of evidence satisfactory to the United States Department of 
 Agriculture that such grapes and vegetables are not attacked in the country 
 of origin by injurious insects, including fruit and melonrlies (Trypetidae), or 
 that their importation from definite areas or districts under approved safeguards 
 prescribed in the permits can be authorized without risk. 
 
 The following additions and exceptions are authorized for the countries 
 concerned to the fruits and vegetables listed in the preceding paragraph : 
 Provided, That as to such additions and exceptions, the issuance of permits may 
 be conditioned on presentation of evidence satisfactory to the United States 
 Department of Agriculture that such fruits and vegetables are not attacked 
 in the country of origin by injurious insects, including fruitflies and melonrlies ; 
 or that their importation from definite areas or districts under approved 
 safeguards prescribed in the permits can be authorized without risk. 
 
 Frozen or treated fruits and vegetables from all countries. — Upon compliance 
 with these regulations and with such conditions as may be prescribed by the 
 Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, fruits and vegetables 
 which have been treated, or are to be treated, under the supervision of a plant 
 Quarantine inspector of the Department, will be permitted entry under permit 
 at such ports as may be specified in the permit, when, in the judgment of the 
 Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, such importation 
 may be permitted without pest risk. 
 
 Commonicealth of Australia — States of Victoria, South Australia, and Tas- 
 mania. — Upon compliance with these regulations, fruits other than those listed 
 in the second and third paragraphs of this regulation may be imported from 
 the States of Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania under such conditions 
 and at such ports as may be designated in the permits. 
 
 New Zealand. — Upon compliance with these regulations, fruits other than 
 those listed in the second and third paragraphs of this regulation may be 
 imported from New Zealand under such conditions and at such ports as may 
 be designated in the permits. 
 
 Japan. — Upon compliance with the regulations under Quarantine No. 28 (Sec. 
 319.28), oranges of the mandarin class, including satsuma and tangerine 
 varieties, may be imported from Japan at the port of Seattle and such other 
 northern ports as may be designated in the permits. 
 
 Mexico. — Potatoes may be imported from Mexico upon compliance with the 
 regulations issued under the order of December 2, 1913 (Sees. 321.1 to 321.8). 
 
 Argentina. — Upon compliance with these regulations, fruits other than those 
 listed in the second and third paragraphs of this regulation may be imported 
 from Argentina under such conditions and at such ports as may be designated 
 in the permits. 
 
 Chile. — Upon compliance with these regulations, fruits other than those listed 
 in the second and third paragraphs of this regulation may be imported from 
 Chile under such conditions and at such ports as may be designated in the 
 permits. 
 
 West Indies. — Upon compliance with these regulations all citrus fruits from 
 the West Indies may be permitted entry at such ports as may be designated 
 in the permits. 
 
 Jamaica. — Entry of pineapples from Jamaica is restricted to the port of New 
 York or such other northern ports as may be designated in the permits. 
 
 Canada, and Newfoundland, including its mainland territory of Labrador. — 
 Fruits and vegetables grown in the Dominion of Canada and in Newfoundland,' 
 including its mainland territory of Labrador, may be imported into the United 
 States from these countries free from any restrictions whatsoever under these 
 regulations. 
 
 General. — In addition to the fruits, the entry of which is provided for in the 
 preceding paragraphs of this regulation, such specialties as hothouse-grown 
 fruits and other special fruits, which can be accepted by the United States De- 
 partment of Agriculture as free from risk of carrying injurious insects, 
 
 2 The importation of potatoes into the United States is governed by the regulations 
 issued under the order of December 22, 103 3 (Sees. .321.1 to 321.8). 
 
Including fruitflles (Trypetidae), may be Imported under such conditions and 
 
 at such pons as may he designated In the permits. 
 This amendment shall be effective on and after February 27, 1940. 
 
 Done at the city of Washington this 24th day of Feb- 
 ruary 1940. 
 
 Witness my hand and the seal of the United States Depar- 
 ment of Agriculture, 
 
 II. A. Wallace. 
 Secretary of Agriculture. 
 
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