Re: Phytosanitary certificates

In a message dated 2/11/2002 3:26:10 PM Central Standard Time, llmen@wi.rr.com writes:


For anyone interested, here is a notice that I received this morning
from UDSA/Aphis regarding the enforcement of the existing requirement
for phytosanitary certificates for plant material imported into the
US.  It remains to be seen what the impact will be on those of us who
trade seeds/cuttings as part of  our hobby.


I just received an order of seeds fro Europe and was charged about $15 for the phytosanitary CERT-if customs cracks down on searching mail coming into the US, seeds or plants without the documents will be burned.

I can understand the rules for plants-but seeds are a poor vector for diases

Is this issue important-YES.  Look what has happened to daylily rust-in one year it came into the US and by the next year it was imported to most states from Florida and to other counties. 

I am a strong believer that all plant material coming into this country should be certified clean.


Paul
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