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Produce Export (Fumigation) Rules, 1968

Government Notice 406 of 1968

Produce Export (Fumigation) Rules, 1968
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Government Notice 406 of 1968
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Produce Export Act
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31 July 2002
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Produce Export Act

Produce Export (Fumigation) Rules, 1968

Government Notice 406 of 1968

  • Published in Tanzania Government Gazette
  • Commenced on 1 January 1969
  • [This is the version of this document at 31 July 2002.]
  • [Note: This legislation was revised and consolidated as at 31 July 2002 and 30 November 2019 by the Attorney General's Office, in compliance with the Laws Revision Act No. 7 of 1994, the Revised Laws and Annual Revision Act (Chapter 356 (R.L.)), and the Interpretation of Laws and General Clauses Act No. 30 of 1972. All subsequent amendments have been researched and applied by Laws.Africa for TANZLII.]
[Section 10]

1.

These Rules may be cited as the Produce Export (Fumigation) Rules.

2.

In these Rules—"pest" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Plant Protection Ordinance.

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 free 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 be—
(a)by exposure to the fumes of the chemical compound commonly known as methyl bromide (CH3Br) 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 (H3P) 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 subparagraph (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.

[Revokes the Produce Export (Fumigation) Rules 1.]1G.N. No. 319 of 1965

Schedule

ProduceQuantity of Methyl Bromide per every 1,000 cu. ft.Period of exposure
Allanblackia nuts2 lb.24 hours.
Beans (all varieties)2 lb.24 hours.
Betel nuts2 lb.24 hours.
Beeswax2 lb.24 hours.
Bones2 lb.24 hours.
Bone meal4 lb.48 hours.
Broken coconut shell2 lb.24 hours.
Cardamom2 lb.24 hours.
Cashew nuts2 lb.24 hours.
Castor seed2 lb.24 hours.
Cassava root2 lb.24 hours.
Cassava flour3 lb.48 hours.
Chillies2 lb.24 hours.
Cocoa beans2 lb.24 hours.
Coffee beans2 lb.24 hours
Coffee husks2 lb.24 hours.
Copra2 lb.24 hours.
Copra expeller cake4 lb.48 hours.
Cotton lint2 lb.24 hours.
Cotton seed2 lb.24 hours.
Cotton seed expeller cake4 lb.48 hours.
Dried blood4 lb.48 hours.
Dried fish, whole, or parts3 lb.48 hours.
Grams, whole or split2 lb.24 hours.
Grams, ground3 lb.24 hours.
Groundnuts2 lb.24 hours.
Groundnut expeller cake4 lb.48 hours.
Gum Arabic2 lb.24 hours.
Kapok seed2 lb.24 hours.
Mangrove bark2 lb.24 hours.
Maize2 lb.24 hours.
Maize meal4 lb.48 hours.
Maize germ and bran meal4 lb.48 hours.
Millet2 lb.24 hours.
Paddy2 lb.24 hours.
Palm kernels2 lb.48 hours.
Peas, all varieties2 lb.24 hours.
Peppers2 lb.24 hours.
Pollards4 lb.48 hours.
Pueraria seeds2 lb.24 hours.
Quinine bark2 lb.24 hours.
Rice2 lb.24 hours.
Rice bran4 lb.48 hours.
Rice polishings4 lb.48 hours.
Sisal fibre2 lb.24 hours.
Simsim2 lb.24 hours.
Sorghum2 lb.24 hours.
Spices3 lb.24 hours.
Starch4 lb.48 hours.
Sunflower2 lb.24 hours.
Tamarind2 lb.24 hours.
Tobacco leaf2 lb.24 hours.
Tobacco, baled, in paper/hessian4 lb.24 hours.
Tobacco, boxed4 lb.24 hours.
Triage2 lb.24 hours.
Wheat3 lb.24 hours.
Wheat bran4 lb.48 hours.
Wheat flour2 lb.48 hours.
Wattle bark2 lb.24 hours.
Wattle extract2 lb.24 hours.
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