Produce Export (Fumigation) Rules, 1968 (G.N. No. 406 of 1968)
Made 1968 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- Language
- English
- Kind
- Regulation
- Organisation
- Zambezi Watercourse Commission (ZAMCOM)
- Country
- Tanzania
- Subjects
- Cultivated plants
- Keywords
- international trade, post-harvest treatment, pests/diseases, plant protection
- Categories
- *, agriculture
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Supplement No.• 59 15th November; 1968 to the. Gazette of the United Republic of Tanzania, No. 50, Vol, XL/X, dated 15tll November. 1968 SUBSIDIARY LE.GISLATION Printed. by the Government Printer. Dar es Salaam. by Order of Government. GOVERNMENT NonCE No. 406 published on 15{11{68 TIlE PRODUCE EXPORT ORDINANCE (CAP. 137) RULES Made under section 10 AN. 1{27/04 THE PRODUCE EXPORT (FUMIGATION) RULES, 1968 1. These Rules may. be cited as the Produce Export (Fumigation) Rules, 1968, and shall come into operation on the first day of January. 1969. 2. In these Rules "pest" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Plant Protection Ordi nance. 3. No person shall export or cause to be exported any produce specified in the first column of the Schedule hereto unless such produce has been certified in writing by an inspector to be Iree. of all pest. 4.-(1) Any person who intends to export any produce specified in the first column of the Schedule hereto shall, if so required by an inspector, fumigate or cause to be fumigated the said produce not more than seven days prior to its being exported. (2) The fumigation required-to be carried out under paragraph (1) shall 00: (a) by exposure to the fumes of the chemical compound commonly known as methyl bromide (CH, Br) in the quantities specified in the second column of the Schedule and for the period specified in the third column of the said Schedule: or (b) by exposure to the fumes of the chemical compound known as hydrogen phosphide (H, P) in such quantity and for such period as may be determined by an inspector: Provided that any produce intended for use as seed shall be fumigated only in accordance with sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (2) of this Rule. 5. All produce fumigated in accordance with these Rules shall, during the fumigation process and at any time thereafter be stored in a place free of pest infestation and any vehicle or vessel used for the purpose of transporting such produce from the place of fumigation to the place of export shall likewise be free of pest infestation. 6. The Produce Export (Fumigation) Rules, 1965, are hereby revoked. 859 G.N. No. 406 (colltd.) Produce Produce Export (Fumigation) SCHEDULE QllnlllilY of Methyl Bromide per e"cry 1,000 CII. fl. Period 01 Exposure Allanblackia nuts 2 Ih. 24 hours. Beans. All varieties 2 lb. 24 hours. (kid mil s 2 Ih. 24 hours. Beeswax 2 lb. 24 hours. Bones 2 Ih. 24 hours. Bone meal 4 lh. 48 hours. Broken coconut shell 2 Ih. 24 hours. Cardamon 2 Ih. 24 hours. Cashcwnuts 2 10. 24 hours. Castor seed 2 10. 24 hours. Cassava root 2 lb. 24 hours. Cassava flour 3 lb. 48 hours. Chillies 2 Ih. 24 hours, Cocoa beans 2 Ih. 24 hours, Coflee beans 2 Ih. 24 hours. Coll'l'e husks 2 I~. 24 hours. Copru 2 Ih. 24 hours. Copra expeller cake 4 lh. 48 hours. Cotton linl 2 lh. 24 hours, Cotton seed 2 lh. 24 hours. Cotton seed expeller cake 4 lb. 48 hours. Dried blood 4 Ih. 4M hours. Dried [ish. whole, pr pariS 3 10. 4M hours, GI';\l11<, whole or split 2 lb. 24 hours. Grams. ground 3 Ih. 24 hours. Groundnuts 2 Ih. 24 hours. Grollndnlll expeller cake 4 Ih, 4M hours. GUill, Arabic '2. Ih. Zl hours. Kapok seed 2 ih. 21 hours. ~. 1;1 11~~ It l' l' b;"k 2 Ih. Zl hours. fdai/I.: ., Ih. 1·1 hours. ~. !:1j.,,~. D),' ·1 lb. 4X hours. rl1:ti;·~ !,.:l Ii' :,11,1 hi ~l!l nll.u 1 '! lb. .lg "II\I'~. rllilLt Ih. 2l hours, I'add'" ., I:,. 21 hours, Palm kernels ~ lb. 48 hours. Pr:~\;. ~1 11 ,,:lti'..,tiL" 2 lb. :!.~ hours. P('rp':l's ., I" . :'1 hours. 1'1'!l:':d" .!. Ih. ..: ~~ 11()~1f s. P""I~:: ":'\ ",~ ... {~" :? u-. 2,' hrxn s, (~~df1 :;10 !nlk z 11,. ~ I I'PIIIS. Pk'~; ~ ,,, ." hllt1, s. Hie': 1-1:111 I Ih. .:~ honr s. n.h.·~" l't')i:.1Iing ..; ~~ lb. IP~ IlOIIIS. lihc' ., I!,. :1 hours, Si-:'\ -') 11-. ~J hmu s. S:rn··;;n S{·lr.l1ll':l '2 11,. ~·t lJo:II'!". 8(in