1 gg BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Oct.-Dec. 
REVISED RULES AND REGULATIONS SUPPLEMENTAL TO NOTICE OF QUARANTINE 
NO. 56, GOVERNING THE IMPORTATION OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES INTO 
THE UNITED STATES 
(Approved Nov. 14, 1936; effective Dec. 1, 1936) 
Regulation 1. Definitions 
(a) Fresh fruits and vegetables. — The edible, more or Less Bucculent, portions 
of food plants in the raw or unprocessed state, such as bananas, oranges, grape- 
fruit, pineapples, tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, etc. 
(b) Plants or portions of plants. — Leaves, twigs, or other portions of plants, 
or plant litter or rubbish as distinguished from clean fruits and vegetables, or 
other commercial articles. 
(c) Port of first arrival. — The first port within the United States where 
the shipment is < 1 ) offered for consumption entry or (2) offered for entry for 
immediate transportation in bond. 
(d) Inspector. — An inspector of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quar- 
antine, United States Department of Agriculture. 
Regulation 2. Restrictions ox Entry of Fruits and Vegetables 
All importations of fruits and vegetables must be free from plants or portions 
of plants, as defined in regulation l{u). 
Dried, cured, or processed fruits and vegetables (except frozen fruits and 
vegetables), including cured figs, and dates, raisins, nuts, and dry beans and 
peas, may be imported without permit or other compliance with these regula- 
tions: Provided. That any such articles may be made subject to entry only 
under permit and on compliance with the safeguards to be prescribed therein, 
when it shall be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture that the condition 
of drying, curing, or processing to which they have been subjected may not 
entirely eliminate risk. Such determination with respect to any such articles 
shall become effective after due notice. 
Except as restricted, as to certain countries and districts 7 by special quaran- 
tines and other orders now in force and by such restrictive orders ais may 
hereafter be promulgated, the following fruits may be imported from all countries 
under permit and on compliance with these regulations: Bananas, pineapples, 
lemons, and sour limes. Grapes of the European or vinifera type and any 
vegetable, except as restricted by special quarantine as indicated above, may be 
imported from any country under permit and on compliance with these regula- 
tions, at such ports as shall be authorized in the permits, on presentation of 
evidence satisfactory to the United States Department of Agriculture that such 
grapes and vegetables are not attacked in the country of origin by injurious 
insects, including fruit and melon flies (Trypetidae) or that their importation 
from definite areas or districts under approved safeguards prescribed in the 
permits can be authorized without risk. 
The following additions and exceptions are authorized for the countries 
concerned to the fruits and vegetables listed in the preceding paragraph: 
Provided, That as to such additions and exceptions, the issuance of permits 
may be conditioned on presentation of evidence satisfactory to the United 
States Department of Agriculture that such fruits and vegetables are not 
attacked in the country of origin by injurious insects, including fruit flies and 
melon flies: or that their importation from definite areas or districts under 
approved safeguards prescribed in the permits can be authorized without risk. 
Frozen or treated fruits and vegetables from a'\ countries. — Upon compliance 
with these regulations and with such conditions as may be prescribed by the 
Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, fruits and vegetables 
which have been treated, or are to be treated, under the supervision of a plant 
quarantine inspector of the Department, will be permitted entry under permit 
at such ports as may be specified in the permit, when, in the judgment of the 
Cliief of the Bureau of Entomnlogy and Plant Quarantine, such importation 
may be permitted without pest risk. 
Commonwealth of Australia — States Of Victoria. South Australia, and Tas- 
mania. — Upon compliance with these regulations, fruits other than those listed 
7 See list of current quarantines and other restrictive orders and miscellaneous regula- 
tions, obtainable on request from the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
