319.59-2—General import prohibitions; exceptions.
(a)
Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, importation of Triticum spp. plants into the United States from any country except Canada is prohibited. This prohibition does not include seed.
(b)
Triticum spp. plants, articles listed in § 319.59-3 as prohibited importation pending risk evaluation, and articles regulated for Karnal bunt in § 319.59-4(a) may be imported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for experimental or scientific purposes if:
(1)
Imported at the National Plant Germplasm Inspection Station, Building 580, Beltsville Agricultural Center East, Beltsville, MD 20705, or through any USDA plant inspection station listed in § 319.37-14 of this part ;
(2)
Imported pursuant to a departmental permit issued for such article and kept on file at the National Plant Germplasm Inspction Station;
(3)
Imported under conditions of treatment, processing, growing, shipment, or disposal specified on the departmental permit and found by the Administrator to be adequate to prevent the introduction into the United States of tree, plant, or fruit diseases, injurious insects, and other plant pests, and
(4)
Imported with a departmental tag or label securely attached to the outside of the container containing the article or securely attached to the article itself if not in a container, and with such tag or label bearing a departmental permit number corresponding to the number of the departmental permit issued for such article.