Section 0080-06-12-.05 - CONDITIONS GOVERNING MOVEMENT OF REGULATED ARTICLES(1) Persons or firms shipping or moving regulated articles originating in a regulated state but outside the infested area(s) into or through the State of Tennessee must attach to each package or container of such regulated articles a certificate issued by a duly authorized official of the State of origin certifying that the regulated articles therein and the growing site(s) were inspected and found free of the brown garden snail, Helix aspersa.(2) Regulated articles from an infested area may be moved into or through the State of Tennessee, provided the Tennessee Department of Agriculture is notified of such movements prior to the time shipment is to be made, and provided further that each such shipment of regulated articles from an infested area is accompanied by a fumigation certificate signed by a duly authorized official of the State of origin. The certificate must indicate the regulated articles were fumigated in a gas tight chamber with methyl bromide at the rate of two and one half (2 1/2) pounds per one thousand (1,000) cubic feet, seventy degrees (70*) F. or above for a period of two hours, or with HCN at the rate of twenty five (25 cc) per one hundred (100) cubic feet, fifty (50) to eighty five (85) degrees F., for a period of one hour. Such certificate must be securely attached to each package or container and a copy forwarded to this Office.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0080-06-12-.05
Original Rule certified June 5, 1974.Authority: T.C.A. §43-518.