Re: Fw: USDA regulation (seed phytos)

From: "Marge Talt" mtalt at hort.net> on 2002.07.31 at 02:20:58(9141) > From: MossyTrail@cs.com > requires a point-of-origin phyto for seeds entering the US. > Unless I am mistaken, this regulation also has attached to it a similar one +More on interstate shipping? ---------- No, the only regulation interstate has to do with listed noxious weed seed, a regulation of long standing which nobody has any problems with...at least I don't:-) The regulation requiring the phyto. for imported seeds has been on the books for many years; it just has not been enforced. What they have done now is state that they are going to enforce it...which they are doing in a rather spotty sort of way at present. I have read posts stating that RHS seed exchange seeds have been sent back to RHS for lack of phyto, etc., etc. It is currently affecting small seed houses that regularly sell seed to the US. Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland mtalt@hort.net Editor: Gardening in Shade ----------------------------------------------- Current Article: Planting Basics: Soil http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/shade_gardening ------------------------------------------------ Complete Index of Articles by Category and Date http://mtalt.hort.net/article-index.html ------------------------------------------------ All Suite101.com garden topics : http://www.suite101.com/topics.cfm/635

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