1941] 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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B. E. P. Q. 514, Supplement No. 1. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, DOMINION OF CANADA 
June 26, 1941. 
[Customs Memorandum, Series D No. 37, Supplement No. 4. Ottawa. May 22, 1941 ; 
Destructive Insect and Pest Act] 
Additional Treatment for California Potatoes Acthoi.izi d 
Atmospheric fumigation with methyl bromide has been authorized for potatoes 
from California imported into Canada in addition to the vacuum fumigations 
previously authorized. (See "Potatoes," p. 8, B. E. P. Q 514.) This addition 
to Regulation No. 3 (Foreign) provides that potatoes from California may be 
imported when accompanied by a certificate signed by an authorized inspector 
of either the United States or California Departments of Agriculture, indicating 
that the potatoes covered by the certificate have been subjected to atmospheric 
fumigation in an airtight fumigating chamber or refrigerator car with methyl 
bromide at one of the following dosages : 
At not less than 65° F. — 2 pounds methyl bromide per 1,000 cubic feet for not 
less than 3 hours. 
At not less than 70° F. — 2 pounds methyl bromide per 1,000 cubic feet for 
not less than 2 hours. 
A recognized chemical test must be used to determine freedom from leaks of 
methyl bromide in the chamber or car used for fumigation. 
The certificate is to include the dosage used, a statement that the chamber or 
car was found free from leaks of methyl bromide, the shipping point, date of 
fumigation, car name and number, the number of containers in the consignment, 
and the name and address of the shipper and consignee. 
Broomcorn Admitted Under Certification 
[Regulation No. 10 (Foreign) 7th Revision, Section II] 
(a) Broomcorn for manufacturing, and clean seed of broomcorn, may be 
imported from the 17 States listed under "Com. — (at." page 6 of B. E. P. Q. ."14, 
provided such shipments are accompanied by a certificate of inspection issued by 
an authorized officer of the Federal or State Departments of Agriculture, which 
stares that the shipment is free from infestation by the European corn b rer. 
(Add to "Com.— ( c) Broom," p. 6. B. E. P. Q. 514. ) 
Avery S. Hoyt, 
Acting Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
P>. E. P. Q. 404, Revised. Supplement No. 4. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, BRITISH INDIA 
Jenj: 24. 1941. 
(Department of Education, Health end Lands. Notification No. F. 198/40-A, Agriculture. 
New Delhi. February 3. l!tll] 
Importation oe Live Insects 
The following Order is for the purpose of prohibiting, regulating, and re- 
stricting the import of live insects into British India : 
1. In this Order "insect" means a living insect, and includes eggs of an insect. 
2. No insect shall be imported into British India unless it is accompanied 
by— 
(a) A special permit authorizing such importation issued by the Central 
Government or by an ( Uficer authorized by the Central Government in this behalf : 
<b> A certificate of freedom from disease grunted by an Entomologist of the 
Government of the country of origin. 
X. The provisions of paragraph 2 of this Order shall not apply to — 
l a ) Bees and silkworms ; 
