§ 319.74 - Notice of quarantine.

(a) The Secretary of Agriculture, having given the public hearing required by law and having determined the pest risk involved, forbids the importation of cut flowers into the United States from foreign countries, including those in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, South America, Central America, North America, and other foreign countries and islands (other than cut flowers produced in the Dominion of Canada, Labrador, Newfoundland, and the United States), except as provided in the regulations supplemental to this subpart.

(b) This subpart shall not be construed to modify provisions applicable to cut flowers included in special quarantine or other restrictive orders now in force or hereafter promulgated.

(c) As used in this section, the term United States means the continental United States, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands of the United States.