(A) The following articles and commodities are declared as hosts and possible carriers of apple maggot:
(1) Apple fruit, of both commercial and non-commercial production; and
(2) Apple trees.
(B) Hosts and possible carriers are prohibited entry into San Benito County except as follows:
(1) Commercially packed apples produced using conventional pest control practices are not restricted.
CONVENTIONAL PEST CONTROL PRACTICES means treatment with 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, selling and processing only under a compliance agreement between the importing company or person and the Agricultural Commissioner; and
(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.
(1966 Code, § 18B-3) (Ord. 644, § 1(part))