Plant Protection (Fumigation of Imports) (Trogoderma Granarium) Order (S.I. 31-4)

THE PLANT PROTECTION ACT. Statutory Instrument 31—4. The Plant Protection (Fumigation of Imports) (Trogoderma Granarium) Order. Arrangement of Paragraphs. Paragraph 1. Citation. 2. Interpretation. 3. Prohibition of importation of scheduled articles. 4. Prohibition of importation of certain articles from specified territories. 5. Fumigation of imported articles. 6. Fumigation of vessel, vehicle, aircraft, building or place used for conveyance, transport or storage of scheduled article. 7. Methods of fumigation. Schedules First Schedule Scheduled articles not to be imported from specified territories. Second Schedule Officers authorised to endorse certificates. Third Schedule Prohibited articles not to be imported from specified territories. THE PLANT PROTECTION ACT. Statutory Instrument 31—4. The Plant Protection (Fumigation of Imports) (Trogoderma Granarium) Order. (Under section 8 of the Act.) 1. Citation. This Order may be cited as the Plant Protection (Fumigation of Imports) (Trogoderma Granarium) Order. 2. Interpretation. In this Order, “certificate” means a certificate endorsed by and stamped with the official stamp of one of the officers set out in the Second Schedule to this Order. 3. Prohibition of importation of scheduled articles. Subject to paragraph 4 of this Order, no person shall import into Uganda any article set out in the first column of the First Schedule to this Order (hereafter referred to as a “scheduled article”) from any of the territories set out in the second column of that Schedule unless that person is in possession of a certificate to the effect that— (a) the article has been fumigated within seven days before the date of shipment or that the article has been fumigated on board the vessel, aircraft, train, motor vehicle or other means of conveyance by which it is transported to Uganda; (b) the article has been fumigated before leaving the wharf of the port of entry into Kenya or Tanzania; (c) the article has been inspected at the port, airport or other place of entry into Kenya, Tanzania or Uganda, as the case may be, and has been certified free from Trogoderma granarium; or (d) in the case of malt— (i) it has been heat treated and held at a temperature lethal to Trogoderma granarium and subsequently bagged in clean bags and properly stored; or (ii) the malt itself and the premises in which it was prepared and stored have been found free from Trogoderma granarium. 4. Prohibition of importation of certain articles from specified territories. Notwithstanding paragraph 3 of this Order, no person shall import into Uganda any article mentioned in the first column of the Third Schedule to this Order from any of the territories specified in the second column of that Schedule. 5. Fumigation of imported articles. (1) Any inspector may cause to be fumigated or treated with insecticide any scheduled article which has been imported into Uganda and which, whether fumigated before shipment or not, is found to be infested with Trogoderma granarium. (2) Any inspector may cause to be fumigated or treated with insecticide any new bags reasonably suspected by him or her of being infested with Trogoderma granarium. (3) If in the opinion of the commissioner for agriculture such fumigation is impracticable or will not be a complete safeguard against, or that the delay caused by the fumigation would give rise to the risk of, the introduction or the spread of Trogoderma granarium the commissioner may authorise the immediate destruction without compensation of any such scheduled article. 6. Fumigation of vessel, vehicle, aircraft, building or place used for conveyance, transport or storage of scheduled article. Any inspector may cause to be fumigated or treated with insecticide any vessel, vehicle, aircraft, building or place used for the conveyance, transport or storage of any scheduled article reasonably suspected of being infested with Trogoderma granarium. 7. Methods of fumigation. (1) Where fumigation is carried out under this Order the fumigation shall be by one or other of the following methods— (a) by the use of methyl bromide at the rate of three pounds per thousand cubic feet of space for a period of not less than twenty four hours; or (b) by the use of hydrogen cyanide at the rate of twelve ounces per thousand cubic feet of space for a period of not less than twenty four hours; except that this method shall not be used to fumigate any scheduled article of food-stuff. (2) Where treatment with insecticide is carried out under this Order, the method of treatment shall be the application of a drenching spray of malathion containing ½ of 1 percent actual malathion in water emulsion to the exterior of the containers in which the article is bagged or otherwise packaged. SCHEDULES First Schedule. para. 3. Scheduled articles not to be imported from specified territories. Articles Territories of origin All grains and flours, edible oil seeds, pulses, beans, coconuts, copra, oil cakes, fresh fruit and cloves India, Pakistan, Burma, Thailand, Zanzibar, territories situated in the Arabian Peninsula, African territories bordering the Red Sea, Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia and South Africa Malt All territories Used bags All territories except Kenya and Tanzania Second Schedule. para. 2. Officers authorised to endorse certificates. 1. Any agricultural officer approved by the Minister 2. Officers of customs and excise 3. Branch managers of Messrs. General Superintendance Co. Ltd. 4. The harbour master or officer in charge of customs of any port 5. Inspectors appointed under the plant protection laws, by whatever name called, of the exporting or transshipping country 6. Inspectors appointed under the Act Third Schedule. para. 4. Prohibited articles not to be imported from specified territories. Article Territory Used bags Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kishasa), the Republic of Rwanda and the Republic of Burundi History: S.I. 244-4.