1941] 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
29 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
IMPORTATION OF FRUITS, VEGETABLES, PLANTS, AND MEATS INTO THE 
UNITED STATES 
Circular 
No. 178. 
Treasuky Depaktment, 
United States Coast Guard, 
Washington, D. C, 25 March, 1941. 
1. The entry into the United States of certain foreign-grown fruits, vegetables, 
plants, and plant products is controlled by quarantine or other restrictive 
orders issued by the United States Department of Agriculture to reduce or 
eliminate the danger of introducing insect pests and plant diseases into this 
country. 
2. Importation in this case is construed as bringing into the waters of the 
United States, whether actually landed or not, and applies to small quantities 
as well as large, even to one fruit or vegetable. 
3. In order that the regulations of the Department of Agriculture may be 
fully complied with and no prohibited or infested articles brought into the 
United States aboard coast guard vessels or aircraft, it is directed that the 
commanding officer of a coast guard vessel or the pilot of a coast guard air- 
craft arriving at a United States port from a port outside the continental Limits 
of the United States (Hawaii and Puerto Rico particularly) — 
(a) Communicate without delay with the district commander (by radio, if 
possible, before entering the waters or the air over the waters of the United 
States) regarding the regulations governing the importation of these items 
and insure that no prohibited fruits or vegetables are on board; 
(b) Then report to the district commander (by radio, if possible, before en- 
tering the waters or the air over the waters of the United States) what 
remaining fruits and vegetables taken from foreign ports are on board; 
(c) Afford the facilities for and permit a thorough examination of the ship 
or aircraft by inspectors of the Department of Agriculture who may come aboard 
to determine whether infestation exists on the ship or aircraft. 
4. District commanders will keep themselves informed of the regulations 
and procedure of the Department of Agriculture relative to the subject matter 
and cooperate to carry out the provisions of this order. 
5. In view of the prevalence of rinderpest and foot-and-mouth disease among 
cattle in foreign countries, fresh and frozen meats procured by vessels or air- 
craft in foreign ports shall not be landed in United States ports either as 
meat or garbage. Commanding officers of coast guard vessels and pilots of coast 
guard aircraft are strictly enjoined to see that these regulations are carried out. 
R. R. Waesche, 
Commandant. 
B. E. P. Q. 379 (Revised). 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL 
March 10, 1941. 
Notice. — The supply of circular B. E. P. Q. 379, issued July 19, 1935, was 
exhausted and this revision is merely to replenish the supply of the original 
circular into which Supplement No. 1, dated September 1, 1936, on the required 
disinfection of chestnuts, and Supplement No. 2, dated April 5. 1938, on the 
waiving of the certificate of origin and plant health for processed plant products, 
have been incorporated into the body of the circular. 
B. E. P. Q. 379, Superseding P. Q. C. A. 294. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL 
July 19, 1935. 
This summary of the plant-quarantine import restrictions of the Republic of 
Brazil has been prepared for the information of nurserymen, plant quarantine 
officials, and others interested in the exportation of plants and plant products to 
