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Shipments of those insects shall bear the name, address, and occupation of 
the shipper, as well as the names of the species comprising the shipment. 
For the purpose of identification these shipments, on arrival, will be in- 
spected by an official of the Direction-General charged with the phytosanitary 
inspection, in accordance with the provisions of article 7 of the dahir of 
September 20, 1927. 
Insects recognized by the said official as not belonging to the above-named 
species will be refused entry or destroyed at the choice and expense of the 
consignee. 
Importation Permitted of Cryptogams of Economic or Sanitary Interest 
[Decree of the Director General of March 1, 1928; Bulletin Officiel No. 803, March 13, 
1928] 
Article 1. The following classes of fungi, myxomycetes, and bacteria may be 
admitted for entry into or transit through the French zone : 
(a) Yeasts used in the manufacture of wines, ciders, in brewing, bread 
making, and in the production of alcohol; (&) mucors used in the manufacture 
of alcohol; (c) yeasts and bacteria for use in vegetable conserves such as 
sauerkraut, string beans; (d) bacteria for the production of vinegar; (e) 
bacteria employed in the retting of textile plants ; (/) bacteria known as nitric 
and nitrous ferments; (g) bacteria assimilating nitrogen from the air; (h) 
fungi (molds) used in cheese making; (i) bacteria known as lactic ferments 
in yaourt or yoghourt ; (j) yeasts for silage; (A) ferments of kephir and 
koumiss; (I) cryptogams intended for veterinary, therapeutic, or experimental 
purposes; (m) cryptogams intended for use in therapeutic and medical ex- 
perimentation. 
Art. 2. The cryptogams designated in paragraphs (a) to (/) may be im- 
ported as pure cultures only. 
Art. 3. The cryptogams designated in article 1 of the present order may be 
imported only through the ports of Casablanca and Port-Lyautey and the 
frontier post of Oujda. 
Art. 4. Containers of the cryptogams mentioned in article 1 must bear the 
name, address, and business or status of the shipper, and the name of the 
species of cryptogam, if it is included in paragraphs (a) to (/) of article 1. 
Shipments included in paragraphs (a) to (g) of article 1 must be examined, 
on arrival, for purposes of identity, as required by article 7 of the dahir of 
September 20, 11)27. 
Shipments included in the other paragraphs will be subject to the same 
conditions and, according to the circumstances, shipments under paragraph 
(m) will go to an official designated by the director of public health and 
hygiene; or to the chief of the research laboratory of animal industry in the 
case of shipments under paragraphs (h) to (/). 
Cryptogams (fungi, myxomycetes, or bacteria) recognized by these officials 
as not belonging to one of the categories listed in the present order shall be 
reembarked or destroyed at the choice and expense of the consignee. 
Approved Packing Materials 
Articles 1 and 2. The vizirial decree of September 13, 1933 (Bulletin Officiel 
No. 1094, October 13, 1933), prohibits the utilization of plants, that is, any 
plant or part of a plant, wild or cultivated, which has received no industrial 
treatment of a mechanical or chemical character, for purposes of containing, 
packing, wrapping, decorating, conditioning, or making up the weight of 
products or objects of any kind intended for importation into or transit 
through the French zone. 
Aht. 3. The following exceptions are allowed: Straw of wheat (Tritioum 
spp.), barley (Hordeum spp.), oats (Avena spp.), and rye (Secale cereale L.) ; 
rice straw (Oryza spp.) from French West Africa; wrappings made with leaves 
of the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) ; esparto grass (Stipa tenacissima 
L.) ; stems of the giant reed, Arundo donax L., if harked, defoliated, and split : 
coconut liber (Cocoa nycifera L.) ; roots of ferns of the genera Polypodium, 
Pteris, and Osmunda; osiers (SaHx spp.) used in basket making; plants of 
the various species of Ilvpnaccae and Bryaceae (mosses) and of Spbamiacoae 
(sphagnum); leaves of species of CUnogyne (Scitamineae) and Mitragyne 
(Knhiaceae) when used as packing for kola nnts. 
