B.C. Reg. 280/90
O.C.1268/90
Deposited August 27, 1990
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Plant Protection Act

BLUEBERRY MAGGOT CONTROL REGULATION

Contents
  1  Interpretation
  2  Quarantine area established
  3  Movement of fresh blueberries into the quarantine area
  4  Sale of blueberries
  5  Offence
  Schedule — Infested Areas

Interpretation

1 In this regulation:

"blueberry maggot" means Rhagoletis mendax Curran;

"infested area" means any place listed in the Schedule or any other place where blueberry maggot is known to be established;

"inspector" means an inspector appointed under the authority of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Act.

Quarantine area established

2 To prevent the spread within the Province of blueberry maggot, the Province is declared to be a quarantine area.

Movement of fresh blueberries into the quarantine area

3 No person shall move fresh blueberries into the quarantine area from an infested area unless

(a) the blueberries have been fumigated with methyl bromide at atmospheric pressure in accordance with one of the following:

(i) 32 g/m3 for 2 hours at 27.7° C or above;

(ii) 32 g/m3 for 21/2 hours at 22.2° C to 27.2° C;

(iii) 32 g/m3 for 3 hours at 16.6° C to 21.6° C;

(iv) 32 g/m3 for 31/2 hours at 10° C to 16.1° C,

(b) the residues of methyl bromide on the blueberries do not exceed the maximum residue limit established under the Food and Drugs Act (Canada), and

(c) the blueberries are accompanied by

(i) proof satisfactory to an inspector of compliance with the requirements in paragraph (a) and (b), and

(ii) a certificate stating the name and address of the grower.

Sale of blueberries

4 No person shall sell or offer for sale within the quarantine area any fresh blueberries that have been moved into the quarantine area from an infested area, except if that person possesses, for those blueberries, a copy of both the proof and the certificate referred to in section 3 (c).

Offence

5 A person who contravenes section 3 or 4 commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding $2 000.

Schedule

(Section 1)

Infested Areas

Nova Scotia New Jersey
New Brunswick New York
Prince Edward Island North Carolina
Connecticut Ohio
Delaware Pennsylvania
District of Columbia Rhode Island
Florida South Carolina
Georgia Tennessee
Maine Vermont
Maryland Virginia
Massachusetts West Virginia
Michigan Wisconsin
New Hampshire

 

[Provisions of the Plant Protection Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 365, relevant to the enactment of this regulation: section 8]


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