- (a) Quarantined articles include the quarantined pests; any living or non-living rootstock, leaf, root, stem, limb, twig, fruit, seed, seedling or other part of any plant in the botanical family Rutaceae, subfamily Aurantioideae (including the genera Aegle, Aeglopsis, Afraegle, Atalantia, Balsamocitrus, Bergera, Burkillanthus, Calodendrum, Choisya, X Citrofortunella, Citropsis, Citrus, Clausena, Clymenia, Eremocitrus, Feronia, Feroniella, Fortunella, Glycosmis, Hesperethusa, Limnocitrus, Limonia, Luvunga, Merope, Merrillia, X Microcitronella, Microcitrus, Micromelum, Monanthocitrus, Murraya, Naringi, Oxanthera, Pamburus, Paramignya, Pleiospermium, Poncirus, Severinia, Swinglea, Tetradium, Toddalia, Triphasia, Vepris, Wenzelia and Zanthoxylum, and any hybrid thereof); and any article carrying or capable of carrying the plant pests or diseases.
(b) Exceptions: Any article covered under subsection (a) of this section that is intended only for consumption as food is not a quarantined article with respect to this subchapter; if the article:
- (1) has been desiccated and ground, chopped or otherwise finely divided; or
(2) consists of one or more detached leaves that prior to entering Texas have been treated in accordance with:
- (A) The United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Inspection Service (APHIS) treatment schedule T101-n-2 (methyl bromide fumigation treatment for external feeding insects on fresh herbs) at the times and rates specified in the treatment manual and safeguarded until export. This information can be found on page 5-2-28 of the treatment manual, located online at: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/manuals/ports /downloads/treatment_pdf/05_02_t100schedules.pdf; or
- (B) the irradiation requirement in 7 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 305.
Source Note:The provisions of this §21.5 adopted to be effective September 2, 1996, 21 TexReg 7973; amended to be effective May 3, 2006, 31 TexReg 3529; amended to be effective June 29, 2010, 35 TexReg 5523.