# Mediterranean Fruit Fly; Additions to the Quarantined Areas
> **Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service** · Interim rule and request for comments. · Published 1997-07-10 · Effective 1997-07-03 · 62 FR 36976
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-18108
- **Category:** plant-animal-health
- **Sub-agency:** Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 36976
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 301
- **Publication date:** 1997-07-10
- **Effective date:** 1997-07-03
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. 97-056-3
## Abstract

We are amending the Mediterranean fruit fly regulations by expanding the current quarantined area in Hillsborough County, FL, and adding areas in Manatee and Polk Counties, FL, to the list of quarantined areas. The regulations restrict the interstate movement of regulated articles from the quarantined areas. This action is necessary on an emergency basis to prevent the spread of the Mediterranean fruit fly into noninfested areas of the continental United States.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/07/10/97-18108/mediterranean-fruit-fly-additions-to-the-quarantined-areas)
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