§ 5.20.030. Prohibited hosts and possible carriers.

Hosts and possible carriers are prohibited entry into San Luis Obispo County except as follows:

(1)

Commercially packed apples produced using conventional pest control practices are not restricted. "Conventional pest control practices" means treatment with synthetic pesticides at label dosages and on a schedule effective against apple maggot.

(2)

Commercially packed organic apples (apples produced by growers in compliance with and registered under the California Organic Foods Act of 1990) may enter the county if the producing orchard was trapped and found negative for apple maggot.

(3)

Commercially produced apples may enter the county in bulk for packing, juicing and processing under a compliance agreement between the importing company and the county agricultural commissioner.

(4)

Apple trees which are free of fruit and bareroot or free of fruit and certified by origin agricultural officials as being treated with a soil drench effective against apple maggot may enter the county, subject to inspection.

(Ord. 2632 § 2 (part), 1993)