5B-66.003. Quarantine Area  


Effective on Thursday, October 7, 2021
  • 1(1) A minimum 81-square mile area around a Fruit fly detection shall be quarantined upon finding:

    17(a) Two adults within three miles of each other within a life cycle; or

    31(b) One gravid female; or

    36(c) A larva; or

    40(d) A pupa.

    43(2) The geographical boundaries of a quarantine area shall be published in a major newspaper of general distribution in the quarantine area, provided to affected industry groups, and published on the Department’s website at http://www.FDACS.gov/PI.

    78(3) It shall be unlawful to move a Host of the Fruit fly species detected or a regulated article into, within, through or from a quarantine area unless in accordance with Rule 1105B-66.004, 111F.A.C.

    112(4) A list of Hosts most likely to be present in a quarantine area shall be published in a major newspaper of general distribution in the quarantine area, provided to affected industry groups, and published on the Department’s website at http://www.FDACS.gov/PI.

    153(5) An area shall be released from quarantine following a declaration that the fruit fly has been eradicated in accordance with subsection 1755B-66.006(5), 176F.A.C.

    177Rulemaking Authority 179570.07(23), 180(24), 181581.031(1), 182(5), (7), (17) FS. Law Implemented 188570.32(5), 189(6), 190581.031(6), 191(7), (9), (15), (17), (20), (26), (30), 198581.101, 199581.161, 200581.181 FS. 202History–New 12-8-11, Amended 10-7-21.