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