§ 319.56-2c - Administrative instructions authorizing the importation of frozen fruits and vegetables.

(a) The Administrator, under authority contained in § 319.56-2, prescribes quick freezing in accordance with part 305 of this chapter as a satisfactory treatment for all fruits and vegetables enterable under permit under § 319.56. Such frozen fruits and vegetables may be imported from any country under permit and in compliance with §§ 319.56-1 through 319.56-7 (exclusive of non-related administrative instructions), at such ports as authorized in the permits.

(b) The importation from foreign countries of frozen fruits and vegetables is not authorized when such fruits and vegetables are subject to attack in the area of origin, by plant pests that may not, in the judgment of the Administrator, be destroyed by quick freezing.