56 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [April-June 
B. E. P. Q. 514. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, DOMINION OF CANADA 
May 12. 1941. 
Basic Legislation 
[The Destructive Insect and Pest Act : Revised Statutes of 1927, Chapter 47 Amended ; 
Sratutes of 1932, Chapter 19 Amended : Statutes of 1934, Chapter 13, An Act to Prevent 
the Introduction or Spreading of Insects, Pests, and Diseases Destructive to Vegetation] 
The General Regulations provide that no pest or disease, or plant infested 
with any pest or disease, shall be admitted into Canada. All plants are subject 
to inspection on arrival. Further provisions refer mainly to domestic matters 
relating to inspectors' authority, certification of nursery stock, and other plant 
products, methods of enforcing control measures, promulgation of Orders in 
Council, etc. 
Concise Summary 
certificate requirements 
Certificates of inspection are required for the following : 
Nursery stock (based on inspection at time of packing). 
Alfalfa meal from States infested with alfalfa weevil. 
Shelled corn, cut flowers, and entire plants, certain vegetables, and oat and 
rye straw, from States infested with European corn borer. 
Hawaiian fruits and plants. 
Forest products, stone and quarry products from States infested with gypsy 
and brown-tail moths. 
Potatoes from California (fumigation certificate). 
Potatoes from Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland (wart certificate). 
The certificates of inspection may be issued by either Federal or State officials 
unless one or the other is specifically designated to do so in the regulations. 
Certain fruits and vegetables from the United States must be certified as 
meeting Canadian import requirements by the Agricultural Marketing Service. 
PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED SEEDS 
The importation of seeds in general, seed potatoes, and mushroom spawn into 
Canada is not restricted as a rule. However, the importation of the following 
seeds into Canada is prohibited or restricted : Black currant, rust barberry and 
European buckthorn, corn on the cob. seed potatoes, and tobacco. 
The importation of peach seeds into British Columbia from States in which 
the Oriental fruit moth and peach yellows occur, is prohibited. 
PROHIBITED AND RESTRICTED PRODUCTS 
The following products are prohibited entry into Canada or British Columbia, 
or are restricted: 
Alfalfa hay : Prohibited from States infested with alfalfa weevil. 
Barberry (rust-carrying) and European buckthorn: Prohibited. 
Black currants (except fresh fruit) : Prohibited. 
Chestnut and chinquapin : Restricted. 
Conifers. Christmas trees and greens : Prohibited from States infested with 
gypsy and brown-tail moths. 
Corylus sp. : Prohibited entry into British Columbia from States infected with 
filbert blight. 
Elm logs, wood, and burls : Prohibited. 
Living insects (except honeybees), pests, bacteria, and fungus diseases de- 
structive to vegetation: Prohibited, except under permit from Ottawa. 
Nursery stock from brown-tail or gypsy moth infested States : Restricted. 
Peach and nectarine stock : Restricted. 
Peach stock and fresh peaches : Prohibited entry into British Columbia from 
States in which the Oriental fruit moth and peach yellows occur. 
Pines, 5-leaved : Prohibited. 
Potatoes from Maryland. Pennsylvania, and West Virginia : Restricted. 
Products liable to carry Japanese beetle : Restricted. 
