§ 6321 Fruit Fly Host Import Ban

Food and Agricultural Code·California

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•You can't bring certain plants, fruits, or vegetables into the state if they might have fruit flies.
•If you want to bring them in, you need a special permit from the director.
•The director can allow it if the plant is safe or if there's a way to kill the fruit flies.

Example

You want to bring some oranges from another state to sell at a local market.

If that state has fruit flies, you can't bring the oranges unless you get a permit. The director might let you if the oranges are treated to kill any fruit flies.

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§ 6321 Fruit Fly Host Import Ban

It is unlawful for any person to import into, or transport thereafter within, the state any plant, fruit, or vegetable which is known to be, or may become, a host of any species of the fruit fly family Tephritidae from any territory, state, or district where such species of Tephritidae is known to exist except under permit and regulation of the director if the director finds that the species is harmless to agriculture or that an effective treatment of the hosts eliminates fruit fly risk. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Food and Agricultural Code. Section 6321.

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