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Plant materials must be free from sand, soil, or earth 
Art. 11. All plant materials offered for entry must be free from sand, soil, or 
earth, and all plant roots, rhizomes, tubers, etc., must be washed to thoroughly 
free them from such sand, soil, or earth and must be so certified by the duly 
authorized inspector of the country of origin or by the shipper or exporter, as 
prescribed by article 8: Provided, That sand, soil, or earth may be employed for 
the packing of bulbs and conns when such material has been sterilized or other- 
wise safeguarded by methods prescribed by the Bureau of Plant Industry and 
so certified by the authorized inspector of the country of origin or by the ex- 
porter or shipper, in accordance with article 8. The use of such sand, soil, 
or earth for packing materials other than bulbs and corms is not authorized. 
Approved packing materials 
Art. 12. All packing materials used with importations of nursery stock and 
other plants and seeds shall be subject to approval by the Bureau of Plant 
Industry and must not previously have been used as packing or otherwise in 
connection with living plants, and, except for bulbs and corms, must be free 
from sand, soil, or earth, and must be certified as meeting these conditions by 
the authorized inspector or by the exporter or shipper, in accordance with 
article 8. 
Art. 13. Any container of plant materials held for inspection, etc., shall have 
attached to it a quarantine sign. 
Plant materials for which a permit is not required 
Art. 14. Fruits, vegetables, cereals, and other plant products intended for 
food purposes, or properly dried and poisoned botanical specimens, when free 
from sand, soil, or earth, and when not governed by special quarantine orders, 
may be imported, but subject to the conditions prescribed by articles 8, 9, 10, 
11, 12, and 13 of this order. 
Authorized ports of entry 
Art. 15. The inspection of incoming plant material shall be made at the ports 
of Manila, Cebu, Iloilo, Zamboanga, Legaspi, Davao, and Jolo. Plant materials 
shall not be admitted at any other port. 
Importation by mail 
Art. 16. Plant materials entering by mail shall be inspected by the plant 
quarantine officials upon notification of the presence of such materials at the 
post office. Such materials shall be subject to the same inspection as mate- 
rials entering through the customhouse. 
Art. 17. Deals with fees for fumigation or disinfection. 
Certification for export 
Art. 18. Application should be made to the Director of Plant Industry for 
the inspection of plant materials for export. 
Art. 19. Provides for the issuance of inspection certificates for plant materials 
intended for exportation. 
Arts. 20, 21, and 22. Penalties, repealing provision and effective date (May 
1, 1932) . 
prohibited plant materials 
(Administrative Order No. 11, approved July 14, 1932) 
Article 1. The importation is strictly prohibited of plant materials of all 
plants of the genus Musa; coconut, Cocos nucifera; sugarcane, Saccharum 
officinarum ; rice, Oryza sativa ; pineapple, Ananas comosus ; bamboo, Bambusa 
spp. ; tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum; Citrus varieties commercially known as the 
Chinese yellow and red kids ; maguey, Agave cantula ; and' sisal, Agave sisalana: 
Provided, That a limited quantity of plant materials of such plants may be 
imported, in accordance with articles 2 and 10 of Administrative Order No. 10, 
upon proper application to the Director of Plant Industry and under permit 
