Re: [Aroid-l] Shipping plants into Arizona UPDATE

At 07:49 PM 2/15/05, Ken Mosher wrote:
I guess my only question is, "Does AZ intercept U.S. Post Office mail and inspect the packages? I do believe that would be a federal crime and land someone in prison."

naaaah, that is not how the post office works.
HOWEVER
the paranoia between rival citrus states has spawned a nightmare of phytosanitary hooplah, but truckloads of landscape materials pass uninspected through certain roads, between California and Arizona, all the time.


How would AZ know if someone shipped tubers to an address in the state? I am not likely to emblazon "LIVE PLANTS" on the outside of the box!

well, if you knowingly ship stuff which is required to have documented health inspection over state lines, you are in deep yogurt if they find you. federal flavour. you are required to label such things and to have the appropriate documents.


-Ken Mosher (the annoyed libertarian who doesn't really care what AZ wants)

I am almost an anarchist, but i do not want to wear an orange jumpsuit over a couple of tubers. If the time comes, i will do the sacrifice for the greater good of the country, not to slip tubers from one state to another. 'sides, it is easy enough to get that certificate.


P.S. I bet FTD and 800-FLOWERS are thrilled with AZ

there are certified nurseries and other facilities whose entire operations are inspected and thus, everything IS inspected.


P.P.S. This sounds like it may be illegal. Only the U.S. government has the authority to regulate interstate commerce. How does AZ get away with it?

Oh-------- it is too complicated to type with a splinter in my hand, but they do have the right.

Flea Bailey said he would rather have the IRS after him than the US Post Office.

I find it remarkable that states with a contiguous border carry on as if bugs come to that border and shudderingly, turn around and bolt back into their states.

hermine
postmaster's daughter,
nursery owner

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