Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Import Manual 1 - Phytosanitary ...

Procedures
Fresh or Frozen Corn Smut Galls Imported for Consumption
Fresh or Frozen Corn Smut Galls Imported for Consumption
Corn smut galls 2 (the fruiting bodies of Ustilago maydis) are imported and
eaten like mushrooms. The galls may be naked or attached to parts of the corn
plant. Follow these special procedures for taking regulatory action on fresh or
frozen corn smut galls imported for consumption.
Table 2-27 Regulating Corn Smut Galls
If the gall or gall on corn
was harvested in:
If the importer plans to import corn smut into Hawaii, the importer or the
importer's agent needs to contact the Plant Quarantine Branch of the State
Department of Agriculture prior to import.
And the
consignment is: And you find: Then:
Mexico Commercial PROHIBIT ENTRY
Bermuda
Canada
Central America
Lesser Antilles
South America
Trinidad and Tobago
West Indies
Other than the Western
Hemisphere
Noncommercial, such
that you can
effectively inspect 100
percent of the galls or
corn
Evidence of horse's
tooth ergot 1
No evidence of horse's
tooth ergot
INSPECT and RELEASE
Free from corn tissue Galls are fresh PROHIBIT ENTRY
Galls are frozen INSPECT and RELEASE
With corn tissue Galls and corn tissue 1. REGULATE as fresh corn
are fresh
2. GO to the Reference, Corn
Galls and corn tissue 1. REGULATE as a processed
are frozen
plant product
2. GO to Miscellaneous and
Processed Products Import
Manual, Corn
1 The sclerotia of horse's tooth ergot (Claviceps gigantea) are white to grayish-brown and comma-shaped, resembling a horse's
tooth (hence their Spanish name, diente de caballo). The sclerotia are on the ear, replacing the corn kernels. There may be
one to several sclerotia per ear.
2 The galls of corn smut (Ustilago maydis) are tumorlike and are covered with glistening, greenish to
silvery-white tissue. The galls may be found on any above ground part.
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