In order to prevent the introduction and spread within
the state of Mississippi of the destructive plant eating brown garden snail
Helix aspersa Muller which can
seriously affect ornamental and various other types of nursery stock, as well
as many other plants, and as it is not known to occur in the state of
Mississippi, and in order to eradicate the brown garden snail were it to be
introduced, the Bureau of Plant Industry, Mississippi Department of Agriculture
and Commerce under the provisions of Miss. Code Ann.
§69-
25-7, §
69-25-9,
§
69-25-17,
§
69-25-19,
§
69-25-23,
§
69-25-25,
and §
69-25-35,
does declare and give public notice thereof that the movement of live forms of
this pest into or within the state of Mississippi in any stage of development
is hereby prohibited. The following paragraphs apply to the movement of the
brown garden snail:
1.
Pest - Brown Garden Snail
Helix aspersa Muller
2.
Quarantined Area
-
California The entire state and other states or
territories hereinafter which may be found to be infested.
3.
Regulated
Articles - Ornamentals, nursery stock, or any other plants, soil,
sand, peat, or other articles which may be responsible for movement of the
brown garden snail.
4.
Conditions Governing Shipment -
a. Regulated articles from the quarantined
area will be prohibited entry into the State of Mississippi, unless each
shipment is accompanied by a certificate issued by and bearing the signature of
the quarantine official of the state where shipment originated, certifying that
it has been determined by competent, official survey that the regulated
articles contained in the shipment were inspected and found to be free of the
brown garden snail and that, further, the pest is not known to exist in the
nursery or site from which the shipment or regulated articles
originated.
b. Each shipment of
nursery stock from an infested nursery or other regulated articles from an
infested site must be accompanied by a standard Phytosanitary Export
Certificate issued by the plant quarantine official of the state of origin
where the shipment originated certifying that the shipment has been fumigated
in a gas tight chamber with methyl bromide at a rate of 2 1/2 pounds per 1,000
cubic feet at 70° F. or above for 2 hours, or with HCN at a rate of 25cc per
100 cubic feet for 1 hour at 50° F. to 85° F.
c. A copy of the Phytosanitary Export
Certificate must accompany the shipment with the usual state of origin nursery
tag or certificate with one copy of the Phytosanitary Export Certificate being
mailed to the State Entomologist, Bureau of Plant Industry, P.O. Box 5207,
Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762.
5.
Infested Shipments Arriving in
Mississippi - Nursery stock or other regulated articles arriving
in Mississippi from an infested state without proper certification will be held
under quarantine for proper certification or returned to the shipper at his
expense unless infested with living brown garden snails or other dangerous
plant pests. If infested, the shipment will be destroyed or fumigated at the
shipper's expense, provided, the infestation can be eliminated without hazard
of spread during treatment. If fumigation is necessary, the Bureau of Plant
Industry nor its employees or agents, will in any way be held responsible for
injury to regulated articles which might result from such fumigation.
6.
Revision - This
regulation may be revised or amended at any time as conditions and
circumstances warrant.
