USDA . w " IX., on Medfly quarantine NEW YORK, N.Y. - A public hearing to consider a proposed quarantine' of California in response to continued Mediterra nean fruit fly infestations will be held by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in San Francisco, May 19. “The quarantine is bemg propos ed to replace the emergency regulation as required by law not because of any change in the infestations,” said Elliott Crooks of USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. “Under the proposed action, identical areas would continue to be regulated, and the identical food articles would be restricted and controlled,” Crooks said. The Medfly public hearing will begin at 10 a.m. at the Ft. Mason Center, Building A, Conference Center, Buchanan and Laguna streets, in San Francrco, Calif. I Medfly regulations are enforced by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service cooperatively with state and county officials in an effort to keep the citrus fruit and vegetable pest from spreading to unmfestated areas; Transportation restrictions would continue on certain items in areas in Santa Clara and Alameda counties in California where the Medfly has become established. Restrictions would continue to be schedules hearing applied to transporting certain fruits and vegeitables—almonds, apricots, avocades, sweet and sour cherries, dates, figs, grapes, grapefruits, lemons, limes, mock organes, peaches, plums, prunes and tomatoes. The rstrictions do not include any fruits-or vegetables which have been canned or frozen below - 17.8 degrees Celsius (0 degrees Fahrenheit), Crooks said. USDA will accept written public comments on the proposal dated before June 15 Comments may be mailed to; E.E. Crooks, Regulatory Support Staff, rm. 635, APHISpPPQ, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Federal Bldg., 6505 Belcrest Rd., Hyattsville, Md. 20782. All written comments will be available for public inspection at the Federal Building in Hyatt sville, Md., during regular business hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Medfly is one of the world’s most destructive pests affecting fruits and vegetables, especially citrus fruits, Crooks said. Heavy infestations can cause complete crop Joss with losses of 25 percent to 50 percent not uncommon. The' short lifecycle of the pest also promotes rapid development of serious Medfly infestations. t READ LANCASTER FARMING FOR COMPLETE AND UP-TO-DATE MARKET REPORTS Dehnarva poultry producers gather honors Delmarva’s outstanding poultry and hat ching egg producers were honored at the Delmarva Poultry Booster Banquet held recently in Salisbury, MD' These producers were selected by the companies as the best producers of the year. Oelmarva Poultry Industry, Inc., the regional trade association which sponsored the banquet, presented each producer with an engraved silver bowl to- mark their ac complishments. The banquet was also the climax of the 1981 DPI Fund Drive which concluded with a record member “in vestment” of $289,100. Recipients of the IQ«i Outstanding Poultry and Hatching Egg Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 9,1981—D15 C. K t '*■ Producer awards were: DELAWARE - Hazel E. Bunting, Selbyville; Jesse & Evelyn Burks, Miilsboro; George & Mary Daisey, Frankford; Fred & Betty Davis, Georgetown; Paul J. Homlish, Jr., Greenwood; and Norman G. Hudson, Miilsboro; MARYLAND - Joseph & Rhoda Blagus, Parsonsburg; Frank & Faye Hudson, Fruitland; Donald & Shirley Insley, Tyaskin; Irvin & Eunice Knauer, Trappe; Mrs. Lina Marine, Rhodesdale; Floyd & Betty Lou Outten, Pocomoke; Roland & Michael Trice, Preston: Mr. & Mrs. Jake Weber, Cambridge; and, Albert & Mary Willey, Parsonsburg; VIRGINIA - Stella A. Lewis, Saxis.
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