# Citrus Seed Imports; Citrus Greening and Citrus Variegated Chlorosis
> **Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service** · Interim rule and request for comments. · Published 2010-04-06 · Effective 2010-04-06 · 75 FR 17289
## Document
- **Document number:** 2010-7736
- **Category:** trade
- **Sub-agency:** Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 75 FR 17289
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 319
- **Publication date:** 2010-04-06
- **Effective date:** 2010-04-06
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. APHIS-2008-0052
## Abstract

We are amending the regulations governing the importation of nursery stock to prohibit the importation of propagative seed of several Rutaceae (citrus family) genera from certain countries where citrus greening or citrus variegated chlorosis (CVC) is present. We are also requiring propagative seed of these genera imported from all other countries to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an additional declaration that neither citrus greening nor CVC are known to occur in the country where the seed was produced. Scientific evidence indicates that seed of certain genera of the family Rutaceae may be a pathway for the introduction of those diseases. This action is necessary in order to prevent the introduction or dissemination of citrus greening and CVC into or within the United States.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/04/06/2010-7736/citrus-seed-imports-citrus-greening-and-citrus-variegated-chlorosis)
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