B. E. P. Q. 571, Revised Effective July 2k, 1953 
 
 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 AGRICULTURAL BEE SAPCH ADMINISTRATION 
 EUREAU OF grnX*pi£»Y AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
 FOREIGN QUARANTINE NOTICES 
 
 ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUCTIONS: LIST OF APPROVED PACKED 
 MATERIALS AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR THEIR USE 
 
 On June 26, 1953, there va3 published In the Federal Register (13 
 F. R. 3^64) a notice of proposed rule making concerning an amendment of 
 administrative instructions listing approved packing materials and 
 instructions for their use, effective January 1, I9I+9 (7 CFR 319.37 -l6a, 
 B. E. ?. Q. 571). After due consideration of all relevant matters 
 presented, and pursuant to the authority conferred upon him "by § 319.37-16 
 of the regulations supplementary to Nursery Stock, Plant and Seed .■: 
 tine No. 37 (7 CFR 319.37-16) under section 5 of the Plant Quarantine 
 Act of 1912, as amended (7 U. S. C. 159), the Chief of the Bure . 
 Entomology and Plant Quarantine hereby amends @ 319. 37-l6a to read aa 
 follows : 
 
 § 319.37-l6a Administrative instructions: list- of approved y 
 materials and Instructions for their uso . (a) The following materials , 
 when free frcm sand, soil, or earth, unless otherwise noted, and when 
 they have not been previously used as packing or otherwise with Lj 
 plants, aro approvod as packing tnaterials for use in connection with 
 shipment of restricted plant materials imported in accordance with 
 ii 319.37 to 319.37-23: 
 
 Buckwheat hulls. 
 
 Charcoal (inspection is difficult when this matorial is used, It 
 should bo uced only whore its particular qualities aro especially 
 desirable and other approved packing materials are unsuitable). 
 
 Coral sand from Bermuda, when free from surface soil, and cor tilled 
 as such uy the Director of Agriculture of Bermuda. 
 
 Excelsior. 
 
 Exfoliated vormiculite. 
 
 Ground cork. 
 
 Ground peat. 
 
 Sawdust. 
 
 Shavings. 
 
 ...;num moss. 
 
Vegetable fiber when free of pulp, including coconut fiber and 
 Osmunda fiber, but excluding sugarcane fiber and cotton fiber, 
 
 (b) In addition, the following material is approved as a packing 
 material for use in connection with lily bulbs from Japan imported in 
 accordance with § 319.37-3: 
 
 Subsoil from Japan treated with an insecticide of a kind and in an 
 amount deemed by the Chief of Bureau as adequate to destroy Phyllobrotica 
 spp. and other insect pests, when certified by an authorized official of 
 the Plant Protection Section, Japanese Ministry of Agriculture and 
 Forestry, as having been dug from at least 2 feet below the soil surface, 
 sifted, dried, and stored so as to Prevent contamination with insects 
 and plant diseases, and treated with an insecticide as presented by 
 the Chief of Bureau, 
 
 (c) In cases of emergency an inspector nay approve for use for 
 specific shipments packing materials other than those listed, after he 
 has determined that such materials are free from sand, soil, or earth 
 and that their use does not involve a risk of introducing plant pests. 
 Should the inspector determine that any unlisted packing material 
 accompanying a specific shipment of restricted plant material is objec- 
 tionable, the shipment may be refused entry. 
 
 (d) Regulations governing the entry of hay and straw packing 
 material are contained in this Department's Bureau of Animal Industry 
 Order 371 (9 CFR 95.21 and 95.22). Such material is restricted entry 
 from countries where rinderpest or foot-and-mouth disease exists. Any 
 such material offered for entry without having met the conditions of 
 
 § 95.21 (9 CFR 95.21) is required by i 95*22 (9 CFR 95.22) to be disin- 
 fected or burned. The provisions of this Bureau of Animal Industry order 
 are net applicable to hay or straw mats, Jackets, or casings. 
 
 (e) All restricted material from Europe and Canada must bo free from 
 willow withes. Such material, when not free from willow withes, will be 
 refused entry until the withes are removed and destroyed. Such material, 
 when accompanied by willow withes, may be held in customs custody for a 
 period not exceeding ho days, during which period the permittee or his 
 agent, after making satisfactory arrangements, may remove and destroy 
 the withes under the supervision of, and in a manner satisfactory to, an 
 inspector, after which the shipment may be handled in the usual way. 
 
 The purpose of this amendment is to reauthorize the use of Japanese 
 3ubsoil as a packing material, provided it has been dug from a depth of 
 2 feet bolcw the soil surface; has been sifted, dried, and stored so as 
 to prevent contamination with insects and plant diseases; has been 
 treated with an insecticide of a kind and in an amount deemed by the 
 Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine as adequate to 
 destroy insect infestations that night be present; and has been so certified 
 
 nose plant quarantine officials. During the past two shipping 
 Be&sonflj numerous tests have been made with DDT-treated Japanese subsoil. 
 Bulbs shipped and stored in such a mixture have bloomed satisfactorily. 
 
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 (Sec. 3, 33 Stat. 1270, sec. 9, 37 c tat. 318; 7 U. S. C. 1^3, 1-2. 
 
 Interprets cr applies sec. 5, 37 Stat, 31-, ae amended; 7 U. 5. C. 151- 
 
 This amendment shall be effective July 2h, 1953, when it shall 
 supersede 7 CFE 319.37 -l6a, effective January 1, 19^9. 
 
 Dene at Washington, D. C, this 13th day of July 1953. 
 
 
 Chief, Bureau of Z^tomology ancTpjant r \ uarantine . 
 
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