Re: [Aroid-l] Shipping plants into Arizona UPDATE

From: Chipboy5399 at cs.com on 2005.02.17 at 11:52:36(12707) One of my packages going overseas just in an unmarked box was intercepted at customs adn I only got a post cadd informing me it was destroyed adn that it is bla bla bla about exporting plants. hermine wrote: >At 07:49 PM 2/15/05, Ken Mosher wrote: +More > >>I guess my only question is, "Does AZ intercept U.S. Post Office mail and >>inspect the packages? I do believe that would be a federal crime and land >>someone in prison." > > >naaaah, that is not how the post office works. >HOWEVER >the paranoia between rival citrus states has spawned a nightmare of >phytosanitary hooplah, but truckloads of landscape materials pass >uninspected through certain roads, between California and Arizona, all the >time. > > >>How would AZ know if someone shipped tubers to an address in the state? I >>am not likely to emblazon "LIVE PLANTS" on the outside of the box! > > >well, if you knowingly ship stuff which is required to have documented >health inspection over state lines, you are in deep yogurt if they find >you. federal flavour. you are required to label such things and to have the >appropriate documents. > > >>-Ken Mosher (the annoyed libertarian who doesn't really care what AZ wants) > > >I am almost an anarchist, but i do not want to wear an orange jumpsuit over >a couple of tubers. If the time comes, i will do the sacrifice for the >greater good of the country, not to slip tubers from one state to another. >'sides, it is easy enough to get that certificate. > > >>P.S. I bet FTD and 800-FLOWERS are thrilled with AZ > > >there are certified nurseries and other facilities whose entire operations >are inspected and thus, everything ?IS inspected. > > >>P.P.S. This sounds like it may be illegal. Only the U.S. government has >>the authority to regulate interstate commerce. How does AZ get away with it? > > >Oh-------- it is too complicated to type with a splinter in my hand, but >they do have the right. > >Flea Bailey said he would rather have the IRS after him than the US Post >Office. > >I find it remarkable that states with a contiguous border carry on as if >bugs come to that border and shudderingly, turn around and bolt back into >their states. > >hermine >postmaster's daughter, >nursery owner > >_______________________________________________ >Aroid-l mailing list >Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com >http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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