| (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 quarantined 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 mature leaves
that prior to entering Texas have been made and maintained in compliance
with all applicable USDA-APHIS-PPQ requirements and restrictions.
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| 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; amended to be effective March 22, 2018, 43 TexReg 1629 |
