193.1] SERVICE AXD REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 225 
P.Q.C.A.— 305, Revised. September 11, 1933. 
SHIPMENT OF MEXICAN CITRUS FRUITS IN BOND THROUGH THE UNITED 
STATES 
The importation for consumption purposes of citrus fruits (exclusive of 
lemons and sour limes) and certain other fruits from Mexico, is prohibited by 
Notice of Quarantine No. 5, and Amendment No. 1 thereto, issued under the 
authority of the Federal Plant Quarantine Act, to prevent the entry into the 
United States of an injurious insect, known as the Mexican fruit fly (Trypeta 
ludens). 7 
With respect to articles prohibited entry in this and other similar quarantines 
promulgated for the purpose of excluding plant pests, provision has been made 
for the entry, under permit, either for immediate exportation or for immediate 
transportation and exportation in bond, of such articles, when such action can 
be taken without risk to the fruit or other cultures of the United States. These 
provisions are embodied in the revision of plant safeguard regulations pro- 
mulgated by the Secretary of Agriculture October 4. 1932. and effective December 
1, 1932. 
Conditions Governing Rail Shipment in Bond of Citrus Fruit Produced in 
the State of Sonora, Mexico 
(1) Permits will be issued to authorize the entry for immediate transporta- 
tion and exportation in bond of Mexican citrus fruit produced in the State of 
Sonora alone, under conditions which will be incorporated in the permits. 
(2) The exporter of citrus fruit or his forwarding agent in the United States 
must first procure from the Bureau of Plant Quarantine a permit to authorize 
the routing of the shipment via a certain port of the United States. A separate 
permit will be required for each port of entry and country of destination, but 
each permit will be an open permit continuing until revoked and valid over all 
the designated routes. 
(3) Such movement will be limited to entry through the ports of Nogales and 
Xaco, Ariz., and movement through the United States by designated routes to 
Canada, or back into Mexico at ports not farther east than El Paso. 
(4) As a condition of such movement the fruit must be shipped in bond under 
United States customs seal in refrigerator cars, and may not be transhipped en 
route. 
(5) Prior to entry the permittee or his forwarding agent must submit to the 
collector Of customs at the port of entry a notice, in duplicate, on forms- pro- 
vided for the purpose, indicating the initials and number of the railroad car, the 
particular authorized route over which it is proposed that the car shall move, and 
the port of exit on the Canadian or Mexican border through which the car will 
pass out of the United States. 
(6) Before entry each car must be disinfected in such manner as shall be 
required by the inspector of the Bureau of Plant Quarantine. 
(7) After the shipment has reached destination and been discharged either 
in Canada or Mexico, the car conveying it. as a condition of return to the 
United States, must be carefully swept and freed from all boxes, fruit, or 
other rubbish by the railroad company involved. 
Failure to comply with any of the above requirements may cause the cancela- 
tion of the permit. 
RAILROAD ROUTES AUTHORIZED FOR THE MOVEMENT OF SONORAX CITRUS FRUIT 
DIRECTLY FROM MEXICO TO CANADA OR BACK INTO MEXICO 
From Sonora, Mexico, to Canada in Bond Through the United States 
Direct routing is authorized of citrus fruits from the State of Sonora. Mexico, 
through Nogales or Naco, Ariz., eastward to El Paso. Tex., thence to Canada via 
any routing which does not pass west of the direct rail routes through Salt 
Lake City, Utah, and Portland, Oreg., or southeast of the direct rail routes 
through San Antonio, Tex., and St. Louis. Mo. (See map.) 
7 The Federal Plant Quarantine Aer of A.U& 20, 19t2. as amended, provides either for 
regulation or prohibition of the entry of plants and plant products when such action 
shail be necessary to prevent the introduction into the United States of injurious insects 
and plant diseases. Under this authority citrus fruit from Mexico, including oranges, 
grapefruit, and sweet limes, and also mangoes, sapodillas (Achras sapota), peaches, 
guavas. and plums are prohibited entry into the United States on account of the 
Mexican fruit fly (Trypeta ludens). 
