--- Original Message --- From: "Russell Stafford, Odyssey Bulbs" <mail@odysseybulbs.com> >Soon thereafter, though, comes this sentence: "As with permits for other >plant material that is imported into the United States, the permit for the >small lots of seed would be sent to the importer along with written >instructions, a copy of the import requirements, and a standard green and >yellow shipping label." This hints that the permit might not be the 597 >permit and that it would be good for only one shipment. On the other hand, >it could merely be fuzzy writing. It's happened before. To me, this implies that a photocopy of your "small quantities of seed" permit (or perhaps a copy of a standard import permit) should be sent to the shipper, along with the proper shipping tags and a copy of the import requirements. This sounds very similar to the present plant material protocols, except that there is no mention of a phytosanitary permit. If that's the case, I'd say that it amounts to a relaxation of the current regulations Jamie