N.J. Admin. Code § 2:17-3.1 - Diseased or infested plants deemed nuisance; entry requirement

(a) In order to prevent the movement into New Jersey of diseased or insect infested vegetable plants, the State Board of Agriculture does hereby declare such plants to be a nuisance and prescribes the following conditions for the entry of vegetable plants into New Jersey.

1. All vegetable plants shipped into the State of New Jersey must be certified to have been grown under an official certificate program of the state of origin, or to have been inspected and certified to be apparently free of injurious insects, nematodes and plant diseases on the basis of an inspection no more than five days prior to removal from the soil.

2. All plants certified as prescribed above must be accompanied by an official certificate so stating attached to each included crate, basket or other container.

3. Any person importing vegetable plants into the State of New Jersey shall notify the Department of Agriculture of such shipment prior to, or within 24 hours after, arrival of the shipment.

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N.J. Admin. Code § 2:17-3.1

Amended by R.1996 d.300, effective 7/1/1996.
See: 28 New Jersey Register 1583(a), 28 New Jersey Register 3299(a).