R68-15-4. Articles and Commodities Under Quarantine

A. The following are hereby declared to be hosts and possible carriers of all stages of the Japanese beetle:

1. Soil, humus, compost and manure (except when commercially packaged and treated);

2. All plants with roots (except bareroot plants free from soil).

3. Grass Sod;

4. Plant crowns or roots for propagation (except when free from soil);

5. Bulbs, corms, tubers, and rhizomes of ornamental plants (except when free from soil);

6. Any other plant, plant part, article, or means of conveyance when it is determined by a Utah State Plant Quarantine Officer to present a hazard of spreading live Japanese beetle due to infestation or exposure to infestation by Japanese beetle.

B. Packing material added to bareroot plants after harvesting would not normally pose a pest risk. Packing material would be covered under (6) above, at the inspector's discretion.

C. Free From Soil - For the purposes of this quarantine, free from soil is defined as soil in amounts that could not contain concealed Japanese beetle larvae or pupae.