5B-66.003. Quarantine Area

(1) A minimum 81-square mile area around a Fruit fly detection shall be quarantined upon finding: (a) Two adults within three miles of each other within a life cycle; or (b) One gravid female; or (c) A larva; or (d) A pupa. (2) The geographical boundaries of a quarantine area shall be published in a major newspaper of general distribution in the quarantine area, provided to affected industry groups, and published on the Department’s website at http://www.FDACS.gov/PI. (3) It shall be unlawful to move a Host of the Fruit fly species detected or a regulated article into, within, through or from a quarantine area unless in accordance with Rule 5B-66.004, F.A.C. (4) A list of Hosts most likely to be present in a quarantine area shall be published in a major newspaper of general distribution in the quarantine area, provided to affected industry groups, and published on the Department’s website at http://www.FDACS.gov/PI. (5) An area shall be released from quarantine following a declaration that the fruit fly has been eradicated in accordance with subsection 5B-66.006(5), F.A.C.