Plant exchange options
Diane Whitehead (Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:29:56 PST)
On 19-Jan-09, at 11:38 AM, Jim McKenney wrote:
Bill, I hope we can count on you to keep before the rule makers the
complete
lack of control we as individual prospective importers have over the
actions
of the senders.
It's not just stuff coming in to the U.S., and it is not just non-
English speakers.
I could not get a U.S. inspector to write one sentence on my phyto
that I knew was essential. He couldn't see it in the rule book he was
looking in, so refused. When I got to the Canadian border, our
inspector phoned him to fax a new phyto with that sentence added. I
was the one who had to hang around waiting for the new paperwork. At
least I didn't get charged another $23 for the second phyto.
Diane Whitehead
Victoria, B.C., Canada