Section 5B-3.0038 - Quarantine Action(1) Plants and plant products which are not accompanied by proof of origin and a certificate of inspection issued by a state or country plant protection governmental agency indicating compliance with Florida regulations or are found to be infested or infected with, or exposed to a plant pest not known to be established in the state shall be subject to being refused entry, returned to the owner, quarantined, treated, or destroyed as specified by the department. The destruction, quarantine, treatment, or return of a shipment shall be under the direction of an authorized representative of the department and at the expense of the owner. Payment to the department for such expense shall be required before shipping can resume. Pursuant to Section 581.031(7), F.S., shippers shall be immediately suspended from shipping into Florida when shipments of plants and plant products are found to be infested or infected with a plant pest not known to be established in the state, and the pest is determined to be potentially damaging to Florida agriculture. This suspension shall remain in effect until the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry and the state of origin department of agriculture agree the problem has been resolved and that shipping may resume. An Agreement for Treatment, Destruction, Forfeiture or Return of Plants and/or Plant Parts, FDACS-08029, revised 9/16, will be completed on all shipments requiring regulatory action. This agreement is supplied by the division for this purpose and is hereby incorporated herein by reference. A copy may be obtained via http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-07879. The following are examples of plant pests that would require immediate quarantine action:(a) Arthropods 1.Agrilus planipennis - emerald ash borer2.Aceria litchii - currently in Hawaii; Litchi mite3.Anoplophora spp. - Asian longhorned beetles4.Bactericerca cockerelli - potato psyllid5.Bactericera nigricornis complex - Old world potato psyllid6.Bagrada hilaris - bagrada bug7.Biprorulus bibax - spined orange bug8.Bostrichidae - Bostrichid beetles9.Brevipalpus chilensis - Chilean false red mite10.Ceratovacuna lanigera - sugarcane woolly aphid11.Epiphyas postvittana - light brown apple moth12.Eutetranychus orientalis - Oriental red mite13.Exophthalmus spp. - Caribbean citrus weevils14.Halyomorpha halys - brown marmorated stink bug15.Liriomyza huidobrensis - pea leaf miner16.Liriomyza langei - pea leaf miner17.Lobesia botrana - European grapevine moth18.Maconellicoccus hirsutus - pink mealybug19.Metamasius spp. - Neotropical palm and bromeliad weevils20.Musgraveia sulciventris - bronze orange bug21.Myllocerus spp. - Asian weevils22.Nasonovia ribisnigri - currant-lettuce aphid23.Nephotettix spp. - Green leafhoppers on rice24.Nilaparvata lugens - brown plant hopper25.Oxycarenus hyalinipennis - dusky cottonseed bug26.Prymnotrypes spp. - Andean potato weevils27.Rhagoletis mendax - blueberry maggot fly28.Rhynchophorus ferrugineus - red palm weevil29.Rhynchophorus palmarum - giant palm weevil30.Russelliana solanicola - a potato psyllid31.Siphoninus plyillyleae - Ash whitefly32.Trioza anceps - avocado psyllid33.Trioza perseae - avocado psyllid34.Trioza erytreae - African citrus psyllid35.Tropilaelaps clareae - Tropilaelaps mite36.Tuta absoluta - tomato leaf miner(b) Diseases 1. Banana bunchy top virus2. Chilli leaf curl virus3. Citrus chlorotic dwarf5. Citrus variegated chlorosis6. Citrus yellow mosaic virus7. Huanglongbing - citrus greening disease - Candidatus Liberibacter asiatius; Candidatus Liberibacter amerianus; Candidatus Liberibacter africanus8. Fiji disease of sugarcane9.Fusarium oxysporum, esp. tropical race IV13.Phytophthora hedriandra14.Phytophthora kernoviae16.Phytophthora pseudosyringae17.Phytophthora siskyouensis18.Phytophthora ramorum - sudden oak death19.Puccinia horiana - chrysanthemum white rust20.Ralstonia solanacearum - blood disease of banana22. Sugarcane bacilliform badnavirus23. Sugarcane yellowleaf syndrome24. Tomato chlorosis virus25. Tomato infectious chlorosis virus26. Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus27. Tomato marchitez virus28. Tomato severe leaf curl virus30. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus - China, Seychelles and Indonesia strains31. Tomato yellow vein streak(c) Mollusks 1.Achatina spp. - giant African land snail and others2.Archachatina marginata - banana rasp snail3.Cryptomphalus spp. - brown garden snail and others4.Megalobulimus oblongus - giant South American snail5.Theba pisana - white garden snail(d) Nematodes1.Anguina tritici - wheat gall nematode2.Bursaphelenchus cocophilus - red ring nematode3.Ditylenchus destructor - potato rot nematode4.Ditylenchus dispaci - bud and stem nematode5.Globodera spp. - potato cyst nematode6.Hemicycliophora arenaria - citrus sheath nematode7.Heterodera carotae - carrot cyst nematode8.Heterodera cruciferae - cabbage cyst nematode9.Heterodera goettingiana - pea cyst nematode10.Heterodera zeae - corn cyst nematode11.Hoplolaimus columbus - Columbia lance nematode12.Longidorus africanus - a needle nematode13.Longidorus belondriodes - a needle nematode14.Meloidogyne chitwoodi - Columbia root-knot nematode15.Meloidogyne citri - a citrus root-knot nematode16.Meloidogyne fujianenis - citrus root-knot nematode17.Meloidogyne naasi - cereal root-knot nematode18.Nacobbus aberrans - false root-knot nematode19.Pratylenchus convallariae - a lesion nematode20.Pratylenchus crenatus - a lesion nematode21.Pratylenchus goodeyi - a lesion nematode22.Xiphinema brevicolle - a dagger nematode23.Xiphinema bricolensis - a dagger nematode24.Xiphinema californicum - a dagger nematode25.Xiphinema diversicaudatum - a dagger nematode26.Xiphinema index - California dagger nematode27.Xiphinema insigne - a dagger nematode28.Xiphinema vuittenezi - a dagger nematode29.Zygotylenchus spp. - a lesion nematode(2) Plant pests of limited distribution in the State of Florida. Plants and plant products found infested or infected with or exposed to a plant pest of limited distribution in the state shall be subject to immediate quarantine action and will not be eligible for certification until treated as prescribed by the department and released from quarantine. An Agreement for Treatment, Destruction, Forfeiture or Return of Plant and/or Plant Parts, FDACS-08029, revised 9/16, will be completed on all shipments requiring regulatory action. The following are examples of plant pests that would require immediate quarantine action: (a) Arthropods 1.Aleurodicus rugioperculatus - gumbo limbo whitefly2.Aulacaspis yasumatsui - Asian cycad scale3.Diaphorina citri - Asian citrus psyllid4.Diaprepes abbreviatus - diaprepes root weevil5.Duponchelia fovealis - European pepper moth6.Maconellicoccus hirsutus - pink mealybug7.Metamasius callizona - bromeliad weevil8.Metamasius hemipterus - palm and sugarcane weevil9.Morganella longispina - plumose scale10.Myllocerus undecimpustulatus undatus - weevil11.Nipaecoccus viridis - Lebbeck mealybug12.Noctua pronuba - large yellow underwing13.Oligonychus persae - avocado mite14.Opuntiaspis spp. - scale insect15.Paratachardinapseudolobata - lobate lac scale16.Parlatoria ziziphi - black parlatoria scale17.Pectinophora gossypiella - pink bollworm18.Phalacrococcus howertoni - Howerton's scale19.Philephedra sp. - scale insect20.Phoenicococcus marlatti - red date scale21.Raoiella indica - red palm mite22.Singhiella simplex - ficus whitefly23.Vinsonia stellifera - stellate scale24.Xyleborus glabratus - red bay ambrosia beetle(b) Diseases 1.Agrobacterium tumefaciens - crown gall2. Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus3. Cucurbit leaf crumple begemovirus4. Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder crinivirus5.Guignardia citricarpa - citrus black spot6.Huanglongbing - citrus greening7. Lethal yellowing of palms9.Phomopsis gardeniae - gardenia canker10.Phytophthora tropicalis11.Puccinia pelargonii - zonalis - geranium rust12.Sphaceloma poinsettiae - poinsettia scab13. Texas phoenix palm decline phytoplasma14. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus - all in the complex15.Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri - citrus canker(c) Mollusks 1.Otala lactea - milk snail2.Zachrysia provisoria - Cuban land snail(d) Nematodes 1.Meloidogyneenterlobii - Guava root-knot nematode2.Tylenchulus semipenetrans - a citrus nematode(3) Common Plant Pests. All nursery stock and other plants and plant products found infested or infected with a common plant pest shall be subject to immediate quarantine action when the population of the plant pest is adversely affecting the plant or plant product. The plant or plant product will not be eligible for certification until treated as prescribed by the department and released from quarantine. An Agreement for Treatment, Destruction, Forfeiture or Return of Plants and/or Plant Parts, FDACS-08029, revised 9/16, will be completed on all shipments requiring regulatory action.Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 5B-3.0038
Rulemaking Authority 570.07(23), 581.031(4), 581.101 FS. Law Implemented 581.031(7), (9), 581.101 FS.
New 4-1-97, Amended 6-12-00, 10-8-03, 9-24-08, Amended by Florida Register Volume 43, Number 030, February 14, 2017 effective 2/26/2017, Amended by Florida Register Volume 44, Number 192, October 2, 2018 effective 10/18/2018.New 4-1-97, Amended 6-12-00, 10-8-03, 9-24-08, 2-26-17, 10-18-18.