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SK]n'I('E AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO JAPANESE BEETLE 
QUARANTINE (NO. 48) 
JAPANESE BEETLE QUARANTINE REGULATIONS REVISED 
[ I'ross notice] 
March 3, 1937. 
A revision of the Japanese beetle quarantine regulations effective March 1, 
1937, was announced today by the Secretary of Agriculture. 
The revision adds the cities of Cleveland, Columbus, and Toledo and the 
entire counties of (V)lunibiana and Mahoning, and parts of the counties of 
Carroll, Jefferson, and Stark, in Ohio, to the regulated area. This action is con- 
sidered necessary because of the establishment of the Japanese beetle in these 
areas. Additional infested territory in :Maine, :\Iaryland, New York, Vermont, 
Virginia, and West Virginia, also is added to the previously regulated areas in 
these States. 
Some outlying areas where Japanese beetle infestations have been found are 
not included because of assurance from the States concerned that adequate 
measures will be taken to prevent the spread of the pest from these areas. 
Shippers of fruits and vegetables will be interested in a change in the regula- 
tions which requires certification of such produce when shipped interstate dur- 
ing the period June 15 to October 15, inclusive from other portions of the regu- 
lated area to Brewer and Waterville, Maine: Buffalo, N. Y., or to the other 
regulated parts of Erie County. N. Y. ; Cleveland, Columbus, and Toledo, Ohio ; 
Burlington, Vt. ; and Parkersburg, W. Va. No restrictions, hov\'ever, are placed 
on the interstate movement of any fruits or vegetables from these outlying 
portions of the regulated area. 
REVISION OF QUARANTINE AND REGULATIONS 
iateoductoky note 
An important change in the following revision of tbe Japanese beetle quaran- 
tine is the inclusion in the regnlaled area of tlie oities of Cleveland, Coliunbus,. 
and Toledo in Ohio, as well as the entire count ol" Columbiana and 3Iahoning^ 
and parts of the counties of Carroll, Jeii'erso.!. mul Stark, in the same State. 
This action is considered necessary because of the establishment of the Jap- 
anese beetle therein. Additional infested territory in the States of Maine, 
Maryland. New York. Vermont, Virginia, a-.d West Virginia, was also added to 
the previously regulated areas in such Suites. Some outlying areas where 
Japanese beetle infestations have been found are not included in the regulated 
area because of assurance from the States concerned that adequate measures 
will be taken to prevent the spread of the pest therefrom. 
Under section A, paragraph (b) of regulation 5. as revised, a certificate i& 
required for the interstate movement of restricted fruits and vegetJibles from 
June 15 to October 15, inclusive, from other portions of the rc.uul.itcii area to 
Brewer and Waterville, Maine ; Buffalo, N. Y., or to the other regulated parts of 
Erie County, N. Y. ; Cleveland, Columbus, and Toledo, Ohio ; Burlington, Vt. ; and 
Parkersburg. \V. Va. No restrictions are, however, placed on the interstate 
movement of any fruits or vegetables from these outlying portions of the 
regulated area. 
SUM MAE Y 
Unless a certificate or permit has been issued, these regulations as now re- 
vised prohibit the interstate shipment of green corn on the cob, beans in the 
pod, bananas in entire bunches or in clusters of 25 or more, apples, peaches, 
blackberries, blueberries, huckleberries, or raspberries from the regulated areas, 
and also prohibit (unless a certificate or permit has been issued) the interstate 
movement of all fruits and vegetables by refrigerator car or motortruck from 
the District of Columbia, the State of Delaware, and parts of the States of 
Maryland. New Jer.sey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Refrigerator cars used for 
loading fruits and vegetables, other than onions and potatoes, in such area must, 
prior to loading, be cleaned by the common carrier and kept tightly closed and 
sealed during the interval betv.-een cleaning and loading. Onions and potatoes- 
