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 UNITED  STATSS  DEPARTMENT  OF  AGRICULTURE 
 
 Bureau  of  Entomology  and  Plant  Quarantine 
 
 Washington,  D.  C. 
 
 E2/Cuba 
 
 February,  23,  1942 
 
 B.  E.  P.  Q.-519,  Supplement  No.  1 
 
 PLANT-QUARANTINE  IMPORT  RESTRICTIONS 
 REPUBLIC  OF  CUBA 
 MODIFICATION  OF  RESTRICTIONS  AFFECTING  BROOMCORN 
 
 The  Cuban  Ministry  of  Agriculture,  in  Resolution  No.  7, 
 dated  January  5,  1942,  authorized  for  a  period  of  one 
 year  from  that  date,  the  importation  into  Cuba  of  broom- 
 corn  (r.olcus)  slants  and  parts  thereof,  raw  materials 
 used  in  the  manufacture  of  brooms,  when  accompanied  by 
 a  phytosanitary  certificate,  issued  by  a  competent 
 official  in  the  country  of  origin  and  legalized  by  a 
 Cuban  consul,  stating  that  the  product  has  been  carefully 
 selected  and  that  it  is  free  from  Pyrausta  nubilalis 
 (European  corn  borer)  and  other  insects.   Importers  will 
 be  required  to  vacuum  fumigate  their  importations  with 
 hydrocyanic  acid  gas,  under  the  supervision  of  the 
 Plant  Quarantine  Service,  within  10  days  after  unloading. 
 
 Importations  are  exemot  from  these  requirements  when  they 
 comply  with  those  of  Article  7  of  Decree  No.  2745  (see 
 page  5  of  B.  E.  P.  Q.-519). 
 
 Chief,  Bureau  of  Entomology  and  Plant  Quarantine. 
 
UNIVERSITY  OF  FLORIDA 
 
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