# Mediterranean Fruit Fly
> **Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service** · Affirmation of interim rules as final rule. · Published 1996-03-04 · Effective 1996-04-03 · 61 FR 8205
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-4951
- **Category:** plant-animal-health
- **Sub-agency:** Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 8205
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 301
- **Publication date:** 1996-03-04
- **Effective date:** 1996-04-03
- **USDA docket:** Docket 91-155-18
## Abstract

We are adopting as a final rule, without change, the Mediterranean fruit fly regulations, as established and amended by a series of interim rules published in the Federal Register between November 1991 and August 1995. The regulations quarantine portions of California and restrict the interstate movement of regulated articles for those areas to help prevent the spread of the Mediterranean fruit fly into noninfested areas of the United States.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/03/04/96-4951/mediterranean-fruit-fly)
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