Animal and Health Inspection Service, USDA § 319.41–2

individual straws at the same end, no promulgated, the following articles alternating of layers being permitted. may be imported: (b) Each bundle shall be securely tied (a) Subject only to the requirements to prevent breakage. of paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of § 319.41– (c) Individual bundles shall be com- 5: pacted, grouped into bales, and so ar- (1) Green corn on the cob, in small ranged that the butt of each bundle is lots for local use only, from adjacent exposed on the outside of the bale. areas of Canada. (d) Each bale shall be securely bound (2) Articles made of the stalks, to prevent shifting or loosening of the leaves, or cobs of corn, when prepared, bundles in transit. manufactured, or processed in such (e) Broomstraw found upon inspec- manner that in the judgment of the in- tion at the port of entry to contain spector no pest risk is involved in their stems, stalks, stubs of stalks, or leaves entry. shall be sterilized under the super- (3) Corn silk. vision of an inspector. Broomstraw (b) Upon compliance with the regula- contaminated in the aforesaid manner, tions in this subpart: from countries other than those on the (1) Broomcorn for manufacturing North or South American Continents purposes, brooms or similar articles or the West Indies, shall be considered made of broomcorn, clean shelled corn, as broomcorn and shall be subject to and clean seed of the other cov- compliance with § 319.41–3(b). ered by § 319.41. [25 FR 12809, Dec. 14, 1960] (2) Corn on the cob, green or mature, from the provinces of Canada west of RULES AND REGULATIONS and including Manitoba, 3 and from Mexico, Central America, South Amer- § 319.41–1 Plant products permitted ica, the West Indies, the Bahamas, and entry. 1 Bermuda. Except as restricted from certain (c) Seed of Indian corn or maize (Zea countries and localities by special mays L.) that is free from the cob and quarantines and other orders now in from all other parts of corn may be im- force, 2 and by such as may hereafter be ported into the United States from New Zealand without further restric- 1 Except as provided in § 319.41–6 the regula- tion. tions in this subpart do not authorize impor- (d) Immature, dehusked ‘‘baby’’ sweet tations through the mails. corn may be imported from Zambia in 2 The entry of the following plants and accordance with § 319.56–2f(a). plant products is prohibited or restricted by specific quarantines and other restrictive or- [24 FR 10788, Dec. 29, 1959, as amended at 58 ders now in force. FR 44745, Aug. 25, 1993; 71 FR 29769, May 24, (a) Living canes of sugarcane, or cuttings 2006] or parts thereof, from all foreign countries. (§ 319.15.) § 319.41–2 Application for permits. (b) Except as provided for in paragraph (c) (a) Persons contemplating the impor- for corn seed from New Zealand, seed and all tation of any of the articles specified in other portions in the raw or unmanufactured § 319.41–1(b), shall first make applica- state of Indian corn or maize (Zea mays L.), and the closely related plants, including all tion to the Plant Protection and Quar- species of Teosinte (Euchlaena), jobs-tears antine Programs for a permit, stating (), Polytoca, , Sclerachne, in the application the name and ad- and , from Australia, Burma, dress of the exporter, the country and Cambodia, China, Formosa, India, Indonesia, locality where grown, the port of ar- Japan and adjacent islands, Laos, Malaya, rival, and the name and address of the Manchuria, New Guinea, New Zealand, North importer in the United States to whom Viet-Nam, Oceania, Pakistan, Philippines, the permit should be sent. Unless oth- Ryukyu Islands, Thailand, and Viet-Nam. (§ 319.24.) erwise stated in the permit, all permits (c) Seed of Indian corn or maize (Zea mays L.) that is free from the cob and from all 3 A quarantine is maintained by Canada to other parts of corn may be imported into the prevent spread of the European corn borer United States from New Zealand without from the infested eastern areas to the still further restriction. (§ 319.24.). uninfested Provinces west of Ontario.

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