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After re reading the site you gave, I may be mistaken but what they are referring to is the movement of imported fruitflies through the US with the exception of the islands. I dont believe this pertains to the breeding , shipping, selling of fruitflies from here in the USA. I could be wrong, but I think you may have misinterpeted the application that they were referring to. JERRY

Jerry,
Good point but the way I read it , " For movement within the lower 48 States a Federal permit is not required" is pretty clear. Why would you not need a permit to move imports interstate but need them to move domestically raised flies?
I also understand that individual states can and do regulate this.
Well, while we don't agree on whether it is "required" federally, I do agree that it's better safe than sorry. Kind of like the CITES discussion earlier this week - Regardless of how you interpret the law, the only guy that can say for sure he is safe is the one with the paperwork in his hand.

Donn

I dont know how old that site is that provided that information, but I can tell you that because of 9/11, imported fruitflies now as well as other items that fall under the wings of the DoA now require permits for each and every species that enter the country, not only that, but each permit application is numbered and only a limited number of permits allowing imports are now granted into the US. So, basically, the govt knows when, where and who is receiving these living materials. This is something new that came as an addendum to the import permit applications. It is basically quite different from the DoA monitoring what is being bred, sold and cultured here in the states.

So, all I can say, is that we have a permit, and it provides us the necessary insurance so that if the DoA decides to one day, (and they have) to knock on your door, or if you are at a show, or if for whatever reason a complaint is made, we have covered ourselves. I am not going to argue about other people doing whatever they want to . The Herp industry is getting strangled with laws and creative entrapment methods by the law enforcement community, so as you indicated, it is better to have the papers on hand. It may cost us a bit more time and money, but I nor the owner nor the customer need any additional aggravation because of a fly, or a frog. Thanks for the imput.

Good info, thanks.

Donn