SERVICE AND KEGULATOKY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO FRUIT AND VEGETABLE 
QUARANTINE (NO. 56) 
B. E. P. Q. 462 (supersedes P. Q. C. A. 311) 
RESTRICTIONS AFFECTING THE IMPORTATION AND INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF 
FROZEN-PACK FRUITS 
[Approved and effective September 15, 1937] 
The importation into the United States and the interstate shipment from 
Hawaii and Puerto Rico of frozen fruits, other than those which may he entertnl 
in the fresh state, are authorized under the provisions of regulation 2 of the 
rules and regulations supplemental to Notice of Quarantine No. 13 ; regulation 
2 of the rules and regulations supplemental to Notice of Quarantine No. 5(1 ; and 
regulation 3 of the rules and regulations supplemental to Notice of Quarantine 
No. 58, under the following restrictions and conditions : 
1. Importations and interstate shipments may be made only under permits 
issued in advance of shipment. Applications for permits should be made to the 
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine of the United States Department 
of Agriculture. 
2. The importation and interstate shipment is not authorized of fruits whicli 
may be subject to attack, in the area of origin, of plant pests for which the 
refrigeration treatment herein prescribed may not, in the judgment of the Chief 
of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, be completely effective. 
3. Fruit imported from foreign countries or shipped interstate from Hawaii 
or Puerto Rico under authority of this circular must be frozen solid either 
before or after packing for shipment and must be at a temperature of 20° F., 
or below at the time of arrival. 
4. Such fruit may not be removed from the vessel transporting it until it has 
been determined by inspection by a representative of the Bureau of Entomology 
and Plant Quarantine that all parts of the shipment at the time of arrival 
registered a temperature of not more than 20° F. and until it has been released 
by the said representative of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
5. If the fruit in any part of a shipment imported or shipped interstate under 
authority of this circular is found to be above 20° F. at the time of the inspec- 
tion required in paragraph (4) of this circular, the entire shipment shall remain 
on the transporting vessel under such safeguards as may be prescribed by the 
representative of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine until it 
attains the required temperature of 20° F. or below, or is transported beyond 
the territorial waters of the United States. 
Since the temperature will be determined by thermometers, provision should 
be made for easy access to the interior of shipments so as to avoid unnecessary 
mutilation or destruction of containers. It is suggested therefore that cans, 
casks, or other types of packages of not more than 5-gallon capacity be employed 
wherever possible. 
Applications should include information with respect to the process to be em- 
ployed — whether the fruit is to bo frozen prior to or after placing in the con- 
tainers — and the approximate length of time that it will be exposed to a temper- 
ature of 20° F. or below while in transit. 
FROZEN FRUITS WHICH ARE NOT COVERED BY THIS CIRCULAR 
This circular does not affect the status of those fruits which may be imported 
or shipped interstate in the fresh state under the provisions of the rules and 
regulations supplemental to notices of quarantines Nos. 13, 56, and 58. When 
such fruits are offered for entry or interstate movement in frozen condition 
they are subject only to the restrictions which apply to their entry or inter- 
state movement as fresh fruits. 
Lee a. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Eniomologij and Plant Quarantine. 
B. E. P. Q. 463 
STERILIZATION OF IMPORTED VINIFERA GRAPES BY REFRIGERATION 
[Approved and effective September 15, 1937] 
Recent experimental work by the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quaran- 
tine of the United States Department of Agriculture has proved that all stages 
