1936] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS \ffl 
except for the revision of regulation 2. The concurrent lifting of the Mexican 
Fruit Fly Quarantine No. 5 (foreign) automatically places the Mexican fruits, 
formerly prohibited entry by that quarantine, under the provisions of Quar- 
antine No. 56, which now prohibits or restricts the entry of all fruits from 
Mexico. Since the entry of these fruits from Mexico will continue to be pro- 
hibited, except when they have been so treated as to remove pest risk, it is 
deemed desirable at this time to clarify the provisions of regulation 2 with 
respect to the entry of certain products which have been so treated as to 
eliminate pest risk, or which may be admitted subject to adequate safeguards 
prescribed as conditions of entry. Advantage has been taken of this oppor- 
tunity to remove certain specific limitations as to ports of entry authorized 
for various commodities, leaving those limitations to be specified in the permits. 
The only change made in the other regulations is the substitution of the 
now legal title "Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine" in regulations 1 
and 3 for the former title "Bureau of Plant Quarantine." 
The notice of permit requirements for the entry of chestnuts and acorns from 
foreign countries, issued pursuant to the provisions of regulation 2, which 
became effective July 29, 1929, continues in effect. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
NOTICE OF QUARANTINE NO. 56 
(Effective on and after Nov. 1, 1923) 
The fact has been determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, and notice 
is hereby given (1) that there exist in Europe, Asia, Africa, Mexico, Central 
America, and South America, and other foreign countries and localities, cer- 
tain injurious insects, including fruit and melon flies (Trypetidae), new to 
and not heretofore widely distributed within and throughout the United States, 
which affect and may be carried by fruits and vegetables commercially imported 
into the United States or brought to the ports of the United . States as ships' 
stores or casually by passengers or others, and (2) that the unrestricted 
importation of fruits and vegetables from the countries and localities enumer- 
ated may result in the entry into the United States of injurious insects, includ- 
ing fruit and melon flies (Trypetidae). 
Now, therefore, I, Henry C. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, under author- 
ity conferred by the act of Congress approved August 20, 1912 (37 Stat. 315), 
do hereby declare that it is necessary, in order to prevent the introduction 
into the United States of certain injurious insects, including fruit and melon 
flies (Trypetidae), to forbid, except as provided in the rules and regulations 
supplemental hereto, the importation into the United States of fruits and 
vegetables from the foreign countries and localities named and from any other 
foreign country or locality, and of plants or portions of plants used as packing 
material in connection with shipments of such fruits and vegetables. 
On and after November 1, 1923, and until further notice, the importation 
from all foreign countries and localities into the United States of fruits and 
vegetables, and of plants or portions of plants used as packing material in 
connection with shipments of such fruits and vegetables, except as provided in 
the rules and regulations supplemental hereto, is prohibited. 
This quarantine leaves in full effect all special quarantines and other orders 
now in force restricting the entry into the United States of fruits and vegetables 
with the exception of Quarantine No. 49, with regulations, on account of the 
citrus black fly, which is replaced by this quarantine. A list of such quaran- 
tines and restrictive orders is given in Appendix A of the rules and regula- 
tions supplemental hereto. 
Done this first day of August 1923. 
Witness my hand and the seal of the United States Department of Agricul- 
ture. 
[seal] Henry C. Wallace, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
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