Re: Shipping between US and Canada

From: Hermine Stover <hermine at endangeredspecies.com> on 1997.02.12 at 04:04:07(336) At 09:38 PM 2/11/97 -0600, Carlo A. Balistrieri wrote: >There is a new certification program being put into place in the United >States (by APHIS) and Canada (AAFC) that will allow certified growers in >each country to ship certain "low-risk" plants to the other country without >the need for phytosanitary certificate to accompany each shipment. Certified >operations will be issued a number (to appear on labels) which will take the >place of the phyto. > >I don't have complete information yet and am not sure whether the program is >limited to greenhouse grown plants (defined as indoor foliage, flowering >plants and bedding plants) but it's a step in the right direction. Contact >your local APHIS or AAFC office for additional details. > >Carlo +More > >Carlo A. Balistrieri, J.D. Email: CABalist@facstaff.wisc.edu >P.O. Box 327 >Ashippun, WI 53003-0327 >U.S.A. >Voice: 414.569.1902 Telefax: same number, please call ahead. > >To me, the nuttiest regulations between countries and/or states is when they have contiguous borders and the same pests on either side of this "imaginary" dividing line. That is when I want to perform my own acts of civil disobedience. hermine@endangeredsepcies.com > >

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