RE: Brugs , shipping and The Law

Hi Chris,

Incoming plant materials are governed by each California County Agricultural
Commissioner.  Look them up in the phone book under each county's offices.  They
are responsible for keeping things like the glassy-winged sharpshooter, fruit
flies, and other pests out of each county.  Since these come in on plants, the
Commissioner's office controls all plant imports.  Many east coast states cannot
ship into California because of fire ant infestations.  May I urge everyone to
be really responsible about following the rules on this, please.  These insect
pests cost millions on dollars in damage to California agriculture as well as
put us all at risk for exposure to chemicals to get rid of them.

Cheers,
Bracey
San Jose

-----Original Message-----
From: THGA [t*@retro.to]
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 9:18 PM
To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
Subject: Brugs , shipping and The Law

For those of you living in CA or doing business with folks who do -- Does anyone
know what rules and regs exist regarding shipping plants (esp. brugs, musa and
other tropicals) to California? I do a lot of plant exchanges via mail -- well,
OK, I guess I'm a little pathological (serial trader?) -- and just recently have
been getting responses of "Sorry, I can't ship to CA" from some individual
gardeners on the east coast. I haven't been able to find any info to back this
up, and hoped one of you might be able to either point me  in the right
direction, or put it to rest once and for all.

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Chris - THGA
thga@retro.to
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