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SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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CERTIFICATE OF SANITARY SHIPMENT 
(a) Each shipment must be accompanied by the phytosanitary shipping 
certificate referred to in article 9. In order to prevent delay in unlading, 
as dealing with a perishable product, a period of 10 days is granted from the 
date of importation of the fruit for the presentation of the phytosanitary cer- 
tificate to the Port Plant Inspection Service, the corresponding bond having 
been signed. Importers or customs brokers who have not presented the certifi- 
cate within that period become liable to the penalties established in article 25. 
IMPORTATION OF FRUIT IN BULK PROHIBITED 
(ft) The importation of fruit in bulk, except bananas, is prohibited. 
PACKING OF FRUIT 
The packing shall be done in the country of origin in new containers of the 
standard type adopted in fruit-exporting countries. 
Apples, pears, oranges, mandarins, grapefruit, and lemons shall arrive 
wrapped in impermeable tissue paper (manila or acetated sulphite or other 
similar papers), in which the name or mark of the growler or that of the 
packing or exporting firm, and the country of origin shall be stamped. The 
containers shall bear labels on which the character of the contents, class, 
variety, net w^eight (metric), number of units, name and address of grower 
and country of origin shall be indicated. 
INSPECTION OF FRUIT 
(c) Shipments of fruit introduced into Argentina shall arrive in Argentina 
at the proper stage of maturity and w^ill be inspected at the ports of arrival, in 
accordance with the provisions of these regulations. If, as a result of the 
inspection of the fruit, good reasons are found to suspect that they are affected 
by any of the parasites indicated in paragraph ((/) of this article, the ship- 
ment will be subjected to quarantine for a period deemed necessary by the 
Port Plant Inspection Service, in places indicated by the inspector and which, 
in the opinion of the said service, meets the required conditions. If the exist- 
ence of the parasites named in paragraph (rf) is not determined as a result 
of the investigations made during the quarantine, the shipment will be deliv- 
ered to the interested person. 
PROHIBITED PESTS AND DISEASES 
(d) If the presence of any of the following parasites is determined, the 
entire shipment will be reladen or burned, at the option of the interested 
person, without right of indemnity. The expense of conveying the shipment 
to the incinerator will be borne by the importer. 
Bacteria. — Citrus canker {Bacterium citri (Hasse) Doidge). 
Fungi. — Blotch (PJujUosticta solitaria Ell. and Ev,), brown rot and gummosis 
(Phytophthora citrophthora E. H. and R. E. Smith), soft rot of pineapple 
{Thielaviopsis paradoxa (de Seyn.) v. Hochn.). 
Diptera. — Mediterranean fruitfly {Ceratitis capitata Wied.), Mexican fruit- 
fly (Anastrepha ludeus Loew.), black fruitfly (Aiistrcpha serpentina Wied.), 
and apple maggot or fruitfly {Rhagoletis pomoneUa Walsh). 
Coleoptera. — Apple curculio {Anthonomns) TachyptereUus quadrigibbus Say), 
plum curculio {Conotraclielus nenuphar Herbst), Japanese beetle (Popillia 
japonica Newm.), apple weevil (Pseudantlionomus cratacgi W^alsh). 
Lepidoptcra. — Lesser apple worm (Enarnionia) GraphoUtha prunivora 
Walsh), orange tortrix {Tortrix citrana Fern.), orange holcocera {Holcocera 
iceryaeella Riley), Arizona navel orange worm {Myclois vcnipars Dyar), orange 
platynota {Platynota tinctayia Walk.), the tortricid Gymnandrosoma auranti- 
anuni Costa Lima. 
(e) Fruits found to be attacked by other parasites known to be injurious 
but which are not included in the preceding paragraph will be rejected, and if 
they cannot be reshipped, they will be incinerated under the conditions pre- 
scribed in the preceding paragraph. 
