1941] 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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P». B. P. Q. 513. Effective April 21, 1941. 
TITLE 7— AGRICULTURE 
Chapter III — Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 
Part 301 — Domestic Quarantine Notices 
administrative instructions amending the restrictions OF THE JAPANESE 
beetle quarantine by lifting certification requirements ON certain ship- 
ments OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 
Pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Chief of the Bureau of Ento- 
mology and Plant Quarantine by the fourth proviso of § 301.48, Chapter III, Title 
7, Code of Federal Regulations [Japanese Beetle Quarantine (No. 48)], the first 
subparagraph of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) and paragraph (1) of sub- 
section (b) of § 301.48-5 of said Chapter III, are hereby amended, effective 
April 21, 1941, to read as follows : 
"§ 301.48-5. Restrictions on the movement of fruit* and vegetables (a) Control 
of movement. — (1) Unless a certificate shall have been issued therefor, by an 
inspector, except as provided in subdivisions (i) to (iv), inclusive, of this section, 
no fruits or vegetables of any kind shall be moved interstate via refrigerator car 
or motortruck from any of the areas listed below to or through any point outside 
the regulated areas : 
* * * 
"(b) Conditions of certified lion. — (1) When the fruits and vegetables moving 
by motortruck have actually been inspected by the United States Department of 
Agriculture and found free from infestation. The number of inspection points 
for such certification will be limited and their location determined by shipping 
needs and further conditioned on the establishment at such points of provisions 
satisfactory to the inspector for the handling and safeguarding of such shipments 
during inspection. Such inspection may be discontinued and certification with- 
held by the inspector during periods of general or unusual flight of the beetles." 
The effect of the amendment is to waive all certification requirements on fruits 
and vegetables in lot shipments of three pieces or more by common carrier. 
Done at Washington, D. C, this 15th day of April 1941. 
Avery S. Hoyt. 
Acting Chief of Bureau. 
[Filed with the Division of the Federal Register April 21, 1941, 11:34 a. m.; 6 F. R. 2048.1 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO MEDITERRANEAN FRUITFLY AND 
MELONFLY QUARANTINE (NO. 13) 
INSPECTION OF HAWAIIAN VESSELS AUTHORIZED DURING NIGHT HOURS 
(Press notice) 
May 13, 1941. 
To aid emergency shipping needs, plant quarantine inspection for vessels ar- 
riving at mainland ports from Hawaii baa been made possible during night as 
well as daylight hours, by a revision of Regulation 8 of Quarantine No. 13, the 
Department of Agriculture announced today. The change was effective May 12. 
Heretofore boarding and inspection of these vessels at mainland ports was 
from sunrise to sunset, primarily because of the additional load which night 
inspections placed on a limited personnel. 
Under the revised regulation, it will be possible io arrange lor inspection 
between sunset and sunrise, provided the inspection service is notified sufficiently 
in advance, so that the required number of inspectors can be notified and 
assigned to this special duty. 
Thorough inspection of vessels arriving from Hawaii is to prevent establish- 
ment in mainland fruit areas of the Mediterranean frnitlly and the melonfly, 
both of which are found in Hawaii. In this inspection the vessel] itself, its 
cargo, and passengers' baggage are carefully examined to prevent the landing 
of any fruits or vegetables which might carry these pests from Hawaii. The 
frequent discovery in these vessels of Hawaiian products carrying these live 
insects emphasizes the ini]K>rtance of this inspection, the Department said. 
