Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA § 361.3
Chicory—Cichorium intybus L. Watermelon—Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Chives—Allium schoenoprasum L. Matsum. and Nakai var. lanatus Citron—Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. and Nakai var. citroides (Bailey) Mansf. § 361.2 General restrictions on the im- Collards—Brassica oleracea L. var. acephala portation of seed and screenings. DC. (a) No person shall import any agri- Corn, sweet—Zea mays L. Cornsalad—Valerianella locusta (L.) Laterrade cultural seed, vegetable seed, or Cowpea—Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. screenings into the United States un- unguiculata less the importation is in compliance Cress, garden—Lepidium sativum L. with this part. Cress, upland—Barbarea verna (Mill.) Asch. (b) Any agricultural seed, vegetable Cress, water—Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum seed, or screenings imported into the (L.) Hayek United States not in compliance with Cucumber—Cucumis sativus L. this part shall be subject to expor- Dandelion—Taraxacum officinale Wigg. tation, destruction, disposal, or any re- Dill—Anethum graveolens L. Eggplant—Solanum melongena L. medial measures that the Adminis- Endive—Cichorium endivia L. trator determines are necessary to pre- Gherkin, West India—Cucumis anguria L. vent the dissemination into the United Kale—Brassica oleracea L. var. acephala DC. States of noxious weeds. Kale, Chinese—Brassica oleracea L. var. (c) Except as provided in § 361.7(b), alboglabra (Bailey) Musil coated or pelleted seed may enter the Kale, Siberian—Brassica napus L. var. United States only if each lot of seed is pabularia (DC.) Reichb. accompanied by an officially drawn Kohlrabi—Brassica oleracea L. var. gongylodes L. and sealed sample of seed drawn from Leek—Allium porrum L. the lot before the seed was coated or Lettuce—Lactuca sativa L. pelleted. The sample must be drawn in Melon—Cucumis melo L. a manner consistent with that de- Muskmelon—(see Melon). scribed in § 361.5 of this part. Mustard, India—Brassica juncea (L.) Czernj. (d) Except as provided in §§ 361.4(a)(3) and Coss. and 361.7(c), screenings of all agricul- Mustard, spinach—Brassica perviridis (Bailey) tural seed and vegetable seed are pro- Bailey hibited entry into the United States. Okra—Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench Onion—Allium cepa L. Onion, Welsh—Allium fistulosum L. § 361.3 Declarations and labeling. Pak-choi—Brassica rapa L. subsp. chinensis (a) All lots of agricultural seed, vege- (L.) Hanelt table seed, and screenings imported Parsley—Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) A.W. into the United States must be accom- Hill panied by a declaration from the im- Parsnip—Pastinaca sativa L. porter of the seed or screenings. The Pea—Pisum sativum L. Pepper—Capsicum spp. declaration must state the kind, vari- Pe-tsai—(see Chinese cabbage). ety, and origin of each lot of seed or Pumpkin—Cucurbita pepo L., C. moschata screenings and the use for which the (Duchesne) Poiret, and C. maxima Duchesne seed or screenings are being imported. Radish—Raphanus sativus L. (b) Each container of agricultural Rhubarb—Rheum rhabarbarum L. seed and vegetable seed imported into Rutabaga—Brassica napus L. var. the United States for seeding (plant- napobrassica (L.) Reichb. ing) purposes must be labeled to indi- Sage—Salvia officinalis L. Salsify—Tragopogon porrifolius L. cate the identification code or designa- Savory, summer—Satureja hortensis L. tion for the lot of seed; the name of Sorrel—Rumex acetosa L. each kind or kind and variety of agri- Southernpea—(see Cowpea). cultural seed or the name of each kind Soybean—Glycine max (L.) Merr. and variety of vegetable seed present in Spinach—Spinacia oleracea L. the lot in excess of 5 percent of the Spinach, New Zealand—Tetragonia whole; and the designation ‘‘hybrid’’ tetragonioides (Pall.) Ktze. when the lot contains hybrid seed. Squash—Cucurbita pepo L., C. moschata (Duchesne) Poiret, and C. maxima Duchesne Kind and variety names used on the Tomato—Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. label shall conform to the kind and va- Tomato, husk—Physalis pubescens L. riety names used in the definitions of Turnip—Brassica rapa L. subsp. rapa ‘‘agricultural seed’’ and ‘‘vegetable
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seed’’ in § 361.1. If any seed in the lot (3) If the seed has been treated with has been treated, each container must a substance other than one classified as be further labeled, in type no smaller a mercurial or similarly toxic sub- than 8 point, as follows: stance under paragraph (b)(2) of this (1) The label must indicate that the section, and the amount remaining seed has been treated and provide the with the seed is harmful to humans or name of the substance or process used other vertebrate animals, the label to treat the seed. Substance names must indicate that the seed is not to be used on the label shall be the com- used for food, feed, or oil purposes. Any monly accepted coined, chemical (ge- amount of any substance used to treat neric), or abbreviated chemical name. the seed that remains with the seed (i) Commonly accepted coined names will be considered harmful when the are commonly recognized as names of seed is in containers of more than 4 particular substances, e.g., thiram, ounces, except that the following sub- captan, lindane, and dichlone. stances will not be deemed harmful (ii) Examples of commonly accepted when present at a rate less than the chemical (generic) names are blue- number of parts per million (p/m) indi- stone, calcium carbonate, cuprous cated: oxide, zinc hydroxide, Allethrin—2 p/m hexachlorobenzene, and ethyl mercury Malathion—8 p/m acetate. The terms ‘‘mercury’’ or Methoxyclor—2 p/m ‘‘mercurial’’ may be used in labeling Piperonyl butoxide—20 p/m (8 p/m on oat and all types of mercurials. sorghum) Pyrethrins—3 p/m (1 p/m on oat and sor- (iii) Examples of commonly accepted ghum) abbreviated chemical names are BHC (1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexachlorocyclohexane) and (c) In the case of seed in bulk, the in- DDT (dichloro diphenyl trichloro- formation required under paragraph (b) ethane). of this section shall appear in the in- (2) If the seed has been treated with voice or other records accompanying a mercurial or similarly toxic sub- and pertaining to such seed. If the seed stance harmful to humans and verte- is in containers and in quantities of brate animals, the label must include a 20,000 pounds or more, regardless of the representation of a skull and cross- number of lots included, the informa- bones and a statement indicating that tion required on each container under the seed has been treated with poison. paragraph (b) of this section need not The skull and crossbones must be at be shown on each container if each con- least twice the size of the type used for tainer has stenciled upon it or bears a the information provided on the label, label containing a lot designation and and the poison warning statement the invoice or other records accom- must be written in red letters on a panying and pertaining to such seed background of distinctly contrasting bear the various statements required color. Mercurials and similarly toxic for the respective seeds. substances include the following: (d) Each container of agricultural seed and vegetable seed imported into Aldrin, technical the United States for cleaning need not Demeton be labeled to show the information re- Dieldrin quired under paragraph (b) of this sec- p-Dimethylaminobenzenediazo sodium tion if: sulfonate (1) The seed is in bulk; Endrin (2) The seed is in containers and in Ethion quantities of 20,000 pounds or more, re- Heptachlor gardless of the number of lots involved, Mercurials, all types Parathion and the invoice or other records accom- Phorate panying and pertaining to the seed Toxaphene show that the seed is for cleaning; or O-O-Diethyl-O-(isopropyl-4-methyl-6- (3) The seed is in containers and in pyrimidyl) thiophosphate quantities of less than 20,000 pounds, O,O-Diethyl-S-2-(ethylthio) ethyl and each container carries a label that phosphorodithioate bears the words ‘‘Seed for cleaning.’’
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