Miscellaneous and Processed Products Import Manual
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Miscellaneous and Processed Products Import Manual Regulating the Importation of Miscellaneous and Processed Products Regulated by Plant Protection and Quarantine Some processes, equipment, and materials described in this manual may be patented. Inclusion in this manual does not constitute permission for use from the patent owner. The use of any patented invention in the performance of the processes described in this manual is solely the responsibility of the user. APHIS does not indemnify the user against liability for patent infringement and will not be liable to the user or to any third party for patent infringement. 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First Edition Issued 2014 Contents Miscellaneous and Processed Figures LOF-1 Tables LOT-1 Introduction 1-1 Procedures 2-1 Reference 3-1 Appendix A List of Trees and Classifications A-1 Appendix B Wheat Kernel Job Aid B-1 Glossary Glossary-1 Index Index-1 02/2017-47 Miscellaneous and Processed Products Manual TOC-1 TOC-2 Miscellaneous and Processed Products Manual 02/2017-47 Figures Miscellaneous and Processed Figure 2-1 Inspection Process 2-2 Figure 2-2 Softwood Firewood Heat Treatment Certificate Using a Kiln Facility 2-23 Figure 2-3 Hardwood Firewood Heat Treatment Certificate Using a Kiln Facility 2-24 Figure 2-4 Spruce Logs Heat Treatment Certificate Using a Kiln Facility 2-25 Figure 3-1 Formula for Computing Density of a Package or Bale of Rice Straw 3-38 Figure 3-2 IPPC ISPM 15 Mark 3-145 Figure 3-3 DoD “Pest-Free” Certification Mark 3-145 Figure 3-4 Map of CFR-Defined Area 3-152 Figure B-1 Depiction of Wheat Kernel with Intact Brush Hairs On Its Termi- nal End B-3 Figure B-2 Example of Wheat Kernels with Intact Brush Hairs On Their Ter- minal Ends B-4 11/2016-16 Miscellaneous and Processed Products Manual LOF-1 Figures LOF-2 Miscellaneous and Processed Products Manual 11/2016-16 Tables Miscellaneous and Processed Table 1-1 How to Use Decision Tables 1-7 Table 1-2 Reporting Issues With or Suggestions for the Miscellaneous and Processed Products Import Manual 1-10 Table 2-1 Steps for Sampling Basmati Rice 2-7 Table 2-2 Determining Regulatory Action Based on Hull Count 2-8 Table 2-3 Determining Sample Size for Bagged Cargo 2-9 Table 2-4 Approved Companies for Admissible Dried, Ornamental Plant Material 2-12 Table 2-5 Sample Size for Dried, Ornamental Plant Material 2-13 Table 2-6 Certification Associated with Grapevines 2-13 Table 2-7 Determine Whether the Vehicle is Precleared 2-18 Table 2-8 Selecting Screen Size 2-20 Table 2-9 Diameters of the Pores of U.S. Standard Screens (NOT part of the job aid) 2-21 Table 3-1 Imports Suspected of Being Controlled Substances 3-3 Table 3-2 Methods of Commercial Processing with Resultant Commodi- ties that do NOT REMAIN CAPABLE of Being Infested with Quarantine Pests 3-4 Table 3-3 Methods of Commercial Processing with Resultant Commodi- ties that REMAIN CAPABLE of Being Infested with Quarantine Pests 3-6 Table 3-4 Types of Products Listed in this Reference 3-8 Table 3-5 Steps for Using this Manual 3-8 Table 3-6 Reference Tables Locator 3-9 Table 3-7 Used Bags, Bagging, and Covers Locator 3-11 Table 3-8 Bags, Bagging, and Covers that Held or Covered Cotton 3-11 Table 3-9 Bags, Bagging, and Covers that Held or Covered Cotton Enter- ing a California Port 3-12 Table 3-10 Bags, Bagging, and Covers that Held or Covered Cotton Enter- ing a North Atlantic Port or a Northern Pacific Port 3-12 Table 3-11 Bags, Bagging, and Covers that Held or Covered Cotton Enter- ing a Port OTHER THAN a California, a North Atlantic Port, or a Northern Pacific Port 3-12 Table 3-12 Bags, Bagging, and Covers that Held or Covered Fresh or Fro- zen Meat or Other Animal Products or Byproducts 3-13 Table 3-13 Bags, Bagging, and Covers Used to Hold or Cover Coffee 3- 13 Table 3-14 Bags, Bagging, and Covers Used to Hold or Cover Root Crops 3-14 Table 3-15 Bags—Shipments Containing a Mixture of Bags and 07/2021-139 Miscellaneous and Processed Products Manual LOT-1 Tables Covers 3-15 Table 3-16 Used Bags, Bagging, and Covers Made from Burlap or Jute 3-16 Table 3-17 Bees, Bee Equipment, and Bee Products Locator 3-16 Table 3-18 Beekeeping Equipment 3-17 Table 3-19 Bees from All Origins (dead) 3-17 Table 3-20 Bees from All Origins (alive); Includes Package Bees and Queen Bees with Attendants 3-18 Table 3-21 Honey Bee Products (including bee bread, beeswax, comb, honey, propolis, and royal jelly) 3-20 Table 3-22 Broomcorn and Broomstraw Locator 3-22 Table 3-23 NONCOMMERCIAL Brooms and Other Articles Made or Craft- ed from Broomcorn or Broomstraw in Passenger Baggage 3- 22 Table 3-24 COMMERCIAL Brooms and Other Articles Made or Crafted from Broomcorn or Broomstraw 3-23 Table 3-25 COMMERCIAL Brooms and Other Articles Made or Crafted from Broomcorn or Broomstraw Destined to Guam or CNMI 3-23 Table 3-26 COMMERCIAL Brooms and Other Articles Made or Crafted from Broomcorn or Broomstraw from Countries OTHER THAN Canada or Mexico 3-24 Table 3-27 Broomcorn or Broomstraw, Commercial Shipments 3-25 Table 3-28 Cones (seed cones/seed pods) 3-26 Table 3-29 Used Canadian Origin Containers 3-26 Table 3-30 Grains Locator 3-27 Table 3-31 Corn (Zea mays) 3-28 Table 3-32 Cracked Corn 3-29 Table 3-33 Cooked Corn 3-29 Table 3-34 Dried Corn (whole kernels only) 3-30 Table 3-35 Corn Preserved in Liquid (such as alcohol, brine, oil, syrup, or vinegar) 3-30 Table 3-36 Cobs, Husks, Shanks, or Silks (including cannery waste) 3- 30 Table 3-37 Cobs, Husks, Shanks, or Silks (including cannery waste) from OTHER THAN Canada 3-31 Table 3-38 Corn Fodder, Silage, or Stover (stems and leaves) 3-31 Table 3-39 Corn Fodder or Stover Harvested in a Country OTHER THAN Canada 3-32 Table 3-40 Corn Handicrafts Made from Any Parts of the Plant 3-33 Table 3-41 Millet and Pseudo-millet 3-34 Table 3-42 Rice (Oryza spp.) and Its Products 3-35 Table 3-43 Rice Articles Destined to OTHER THAN Guam or the Common- wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) 3-36 Table 3-44 Rice Straw or Rice Hulls to be Manufactured at APHIS-ap- proved Sites 3-37 Table 3-45 Rice Straw or Rice Hulls Imported for Purposes OTHER THAN Manufacturing 3-37 LOT-2 Miscellaneous and Processed Products Manual 07/2021-139 Tables Table 3-46 Rice—Articles Made of or Fully Manufactured and Finished from Rice Straw 3-38 Table 3-47 Rice—Milled Products 3-39 Table 3-48 Rice—By-products from Rice Milling 3-40 Table 3-49 Rice—Articles Made or Manufactured from Rice Panicles, Leaves, Hulls, or Seeds, and MAY or May NOT Contain Straw 3-40 Table 3-50 Wheat (Triticum spp.), Goatgrass (Aegilops spp.), Triticale (Trit- icum aestivum × Secale cereale) and Their products 3-41 Table 3-51 Wheat Straw (EXCEPT that intended for decoration or as an in- gredient in potpourri) 3-41 Table 3-52 Wheat Straw (EXCEPT that intended for decoration or as an in- gredient in potpourri) from Mexico 3-42 Table 3-53 Wheat Straw for Decoration or Articles Crafted from ANY Part of the Wheat Plant 3-43 Table 3-54 Wheat—Milled Products and By-products (Table 1 of 2) 3-44 Table 3-55 Wheat—Milled Products and By-products (Table 2 of 2) 3-45 Table 3-56 Grain Screenings and Seed Screenings Locator 3-46 Table 3-57 Pelleted Screenings 3-46 Table 3-58 Unpelleted Screenings from Agricultural and Vegetable Seeds 3-46 Table 3-59 Grasses Locator 3-47 Table 3-60 Bamboo (Bambusoideae) 3-48 Table 3-61 Grasses (all genera and species of Poaceae EXCLUDING corn, millets, rice, and wheat) stems, leaves, inflorescences, and arrangements 3-48 Table 3-62 Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) 3-49 Table 3-63 Sugarcane—Bagasse, Bagacillo, and Stalk Residue 3-50 Table 3-64 Sugarcane Products and By-products Including Parts of the Sugarcane Plant 3-50 Table 3-65 Handicraft Locator Table 3-51 Table 3-66 Handicrafts Containing NO Wood or Wood Products 3-51 Table 3-67 Wooden Handicrafts 3-52 Table 3-68 Country of Origin for Wooden Handicrafts 3-52 Table 3-69 Hay, Fodder, Stover, and Straw (various herbage of plants cut and cured for forage) Locator 3-53 Table 3-70 Hay, Fodder, Stover, and Straw (various herbage of plants cut and cured for forage) that is NOT a Federal Noxious Weed (FNW) 3-53 Table 3-71 Herbal Medicines, Extracts, Oils, Ointments, and Powders Locator 3-55 Table 3-72 Aloe ferox 3-56 Table 3-73 Aniba roseodora 3-57 Table 3-74 Aquilaria spp.