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c. Official certificate declaring freedom of country of origin 
from foot-and-mouth disease and anthrax. 
d. Shipments that meet those conditions will "be exempt from fumi- 
gation. 
23. PLANTS FOR PROPAGATION: Living plants, including stems, "bulbs, 
tubers, etc., and all parts capable of propagation (except seeds) that 
are not specifically provided for; 
a. Authorization in advance. (See par. k, p. 3.) 
b. An official phytosanitary certificate declaring freedom from in- 
sect pests and plant diseases. 
c. Inspection on arrival. 
d. Fumigation before entry. 
2k. SILK WORM EGGS: 
a. Authorization in advance. 
b. Consignments should be addressed in care of .the Crop Protection 
Section. 
c. A phytosanitary certificate should accompany each consignment, 
declaring the freedom of the eggs from transmissible diseases 
and declaring that sterile eggs and foreign matter do not exceed 
5 percent of the net weight. 
d. Each box in the consignment should be checked by an expert, 
labeled and sealed, with a statement of the race of silk worms, 
the color of the cocoons and their origin, as well as the net 
weight. 
e. Examination of consignments at port of arrival shall be made by 
an expert official, who may take samples not to exceed two grams 
from each lot. 
f . Refusal of any consignment or part thereof may result from 
(1) Noncompliance with the above conditions; 
(2) Transmissible diseases; 
(3) Hatching of the eggs. 
g. Rejected consignments should be re-exported within 15 days. If the 
importer fails to re-export the consignment or if hatching takes 
