PSD Rules and Regulations

R3-4-240. Apple Maggot and Plum Curculio

A. Definitions. The following term applies to this Section:
"Pest" means:
1. Apple maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh); or
2. Plum curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar.
B. Area under quarantine. All states, territories, and districts of the United States.
C. Regulated commodities. The fresh fruit of the following plants:
Chaenomeles spp. (Quince),
Crataegus spp. (Hawthorne),
Malus spp. (Apple),
Prunus spp. (Apricot, Cherry, Nectarine, Peach, Plum, and Prune), and
Pyrus communis spp. (Pear).
D. Restrictions.
1. A person shall not ship into Arizona a regulated commodity that is produced in or shipped from an area under quarantine unless each lot or shipment is accompanied by a certificate issued by an official of the state of origin, attesting that the regulated commodity was:
a. Held in an approved controlled atmosphere storage facility for a minimum of 90 continuous days at a maximum temperature of 38° F, or
b. Held in an approved cold storage facility for a minimum of 40 continuous days at a maximum temperature of 32° F.
2. The Director may issue a permit to allow a regulated commodity from an area under quarantine to enter Arizona without treatment as prescribed in subsection (D)(1) if the commodity originates from an area:
a. That is certified to be pest-free, or
b. That is infested, but where an on-going pest eradication program exists that is acceptable to the Director of the Arizona Department of Agriculture.
E. Disposition of commodity not in compliance. A regulated commodity shipped into Arizona in violation of this Section shall be destroyed or transported out-of-state by the owner and at the owner's expense.