# Mediterranean Fruit Fly; Removal of Quarantined Area
> **Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service** · Affirmation of interim rule as final rule. · Published 2002-11-07 · Effective 2002-06-27 · 67 FR 67777
## Document
- **Document number:** 02-28348
- **Category:** plant-animal-health
- **Sub-agency:** Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 67 FR 67777
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 301
- **Publication date:** 2002-11-07
- **Effective date:** 2002-06-27
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. 01-093-3
## Abstract

We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the Mediterranean fruit fly regulations by removing a portion of Los Angeles County, CA, from the list of quarantined areas. The interim rule was necessary to relieve the restrictions that were no longer needed to prevent the spread of Mediterranean fruit fly to noninfested areas of the United States. As a result of the interim rule, there are no longer any areas in the continental United States quarantined because of the Mediterranean fruit fly.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2002/11/07/02-28348/mediterranean-fruit-fly-removal-of-quarantined-area)
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