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SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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from infestation with injurious insects; (2) those fruits and vegetables not 
listed in §301.58-3 shall not be landed; (3) prohibited fruits and vegetables 
retained aboard shall be subject to the safeguards provided in § 352.S [regula- 
tion 6 of the Plant Safeguard Regulations]. 
§ 301.58-8 Inspection of vessels. — Inspectors are authorized to enter upon 
ships, vessels, and aircraft from Puerto Rico at any time after they come within 
the territory or territorial waters of any other State, Territory, or District of 
the United States, whether in the stream or at the dock, wharf, mole, or land- 
ing field for the purpose of ascertaining by inspection whether any of the 
fruits and vegetables covered by this quarantine are contained in such ships, 
vessels, or aircraft as cargo or ships' stores, or whether there remains any 
infestation from such fruits or vegetables. 
§ 301.58-9 Disinfection of vessels. — Disinfection under the direction of and 
in the manner prescribed by the inspector of any ship, vessel, or aircraft 
plying between Puerto Rico and any other State. Territory, or District of the 
United States upon arrival at the dock, wharf, mole, or landing field may be 
required if the ship, vessel, or aircraft is found to contain or to be con- 
taminated with any of the fruits or vegetables infested with injurious insects. 
Such disinfection shall be performed by the person having charge or possession 
of the ship, vessel, or aircraft and at a place satisfactory to the inspector. 
When such ship, vessel, or aircraft has been disinfected in a manner satis- 
factory to such inspector, he shall immediately issue and deliver to the person 
having charge or possession thereof a certificate to that effect. 
§ 301.58-10 Inspection of cargo. — Inspectors are authorized to ascertain by 
inspection of the cargo of any ship, vessel, or aircraft plying between Puerto 
Rico and any other State. Territory, or District of the United States at the 
port of first arrival, that each lot or shipment moving under certification agrees 
in nature and amount with the certificate, and that all shipments of fruits and 
vegetables for which a certificate is required are duly certified : to determine, 
in the case of fruits and vegetables the movement of which is not authorized, 
if infestation is present : and to require for such unauthorized shipments safe- 
guards, treatment, return, or destruction, as may be necessary to prevent the 
dissemination of injurious insects. 
§ 301.58-11 Inspection of baggage. — Inspectors are authorized to ascertain 
by inspection whether any of the fruits or vegetables covered by this quaran- 
tine are contained in the baggage or other personal belongings of passengers 
and members of the crew on ships, vessels, or aircraft plying between Puerto 
Rico and any other State, Territory, or District of the United States, to deter- 
mine whether the same are infested with injurious insects, and in the case of 
infested or unauthorized products to require such safeguarding, treatment, or 
destruction as in the judgment of the inspector may be necessary. For the 
purpose of such inspection an inspector is authorized to open any box, bale, 
crate, bundle, or other package, including trunks, which may contain or be 
liable to contain any of the fruits or vegetables covered by this quarantine. 
Such baggage Inspection shall be made at the dock, airport, or landing field 
at the port of debarkation within any State, Territory, or District of the United 
States other than Puerto Rico, as the inspector may require, and no such bag- 
gage or personal belongings of passengers or crew shall be removed from such 
dock, airport, or landing field until the same have been inspected and passed 
by an inspector. 
§ 301.58-12 Baggage declarations. — Before any ship, vessel, or aircraft from 
Puerto Rico arrives within the boundaries of any other State, Territory, or 
District of the United States, the master, captain, or other person having charge 
or possession of any such ship, vessel, or aircraft shall cause to be distributed 
to each passenger thereon a baggage declaration 2 to be furnished by the United 
States Department of Agriculture, calling attention to the provisions of the 
Plant Quarantine Act. the foregoing quarantine, and these regulations. Those 
baggage declarations, after being executed and Signed by the passengers, shall 
be collected and delivered to the inspector at the port of debarkation. 
§ 301.58-13 Parcel post inspection. — Inspectors are authorized to inspect, with 
the cooperation of the United States Post Office Department, parcel post pack 
ages placed in the mails in Puerto Rico, t<> determine whether such packages 
contain fruits or vegetables the movement of which is not authorized under 
'Form EQ-911. 
