All host fruit listed below from an area infested with the fruit flies Anastrepha spp. (except A. suspensa), Bactrocera spp., Dacus spp., Rhagoletis spp., and Ceratitis spp. is prohibited entry into the State of Florida, unless accompanied by a certificate issued by an authorized representative of the USDA or the state of origin denoting the absence of fruit flies listed above and having complied with a treatment approved by the department or USDA to insure freedom from fruit flies as outlined in the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine Treatment Manual, Chapter 5, revised 12/2016. Chapter 5 of this manual is incorporated herein and a copy may be obtained via http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-07882. The following host list does not exclude from restriction any movement into Florida of other fruit or articles that may be infested. The purpose of the list is to provide information as to the preferred hosts of fruit flies which most commonly move in commerce.
    (1) Actinidia chinensis – kiwi fruit
    (2) Annona spp. – soursop, cherimoya, pond-apple and sugar-apple
    (3) Arenga pinnata – sugar palm
    (4) Argania spinosa – Argan tree, Morocco ironwood
    (5) Blighia sapida – akee
    (6) Capsicum spp. – peppers
    (7) Carica papaya – papaya
    (8) Carissa macrocarpa – carissa, Natal-plum
    (9) Casimiroa spp. – white-sapote and other species of this genus
    (10) Chrysophyllum spp. – star-apple and other species of this genus
    (11) Citrus spp. – orange, grapefruit, tangerine, and other citrus relatives as defined in Fl. Admin. Code R. 5B-63.001
    (12) Coffea canephora (robusta coffee) or Coffea spp.
    (13) Coffea arabica – coffee
    (14) Cucumis spp. – cucumber, muskmelon, melon and other species of this genus
    (15) Cydonia oblonga – common guince
    (16) Cyphomandra betacea – tree tomato
    (17) Dimocarpus longana – longan
    (18) Diospyros spp. – Japanese and American persimmons and other species of this genus
    (19) Dovyalis spp. – Ceylon-gooseberry, kei-apple
    (20) Eriobotrya japonica – loquat
    (21) Eugenia spp. – Surinam cherry and other species of this genus
    (22) Acca sellowiana – feijoa, pineapple guava
    (23) Ficus carica – fig
    (24) Fortunella japonica – kumquat
    (25) Geoffroea decorticans – chanar, Chilean palo verde
    (26) Juglans spp. – walnut with husk
    (27) Litchi chinensis – lychee
    (28) Malpighia spp. – Barbados cherry, West Indies cherry
    (29) Malus pumila – apple
    (30) Mangifera indica – mango
    (31) Manilkara zapota – sapodilla
    (32) Mimusops elengi – Spanish cherry
    (33) Murraya paniculata – orange jasmine
    (34) Ochrosia elliptica – kopsia, elliptic yellowwood
    (35) Olea europea – olive
    (36) Opuntia spp. – prickly pear
    (37) Passiflora edulis – passion fruit
    (38) Persea americana – avocado
    (39) Phoenix dactylifera – date palm
    (40) Pouteria campechiana – canistel
    (41) Pouteria sapota – mammee, sapote
    (42) Prunus spp. – peach, plum, apricot, cherry and other stone fruit relatives
    (43) Psidium spp. – common guava and cattley guava
    (44) Punica granatum – pomegranate
    (45) Pyrus communis – pear
    (46) Solanum esculentum – tomato
    (47) Solanum melongena var. esculentum – eggplant
    (48) Spondias spp. – hog plum, yellow mombin, red mombin, purple mombin, Spanish plum, jocote
    (49) Syzygium spp. – rose-apple, jambolan-plum, mountain apple
    (50) Terminalia catappa – tropical almond
    (51) Thevetia peruviana – yellow oleander
    (52) Vaccinium angustofolium (including V. pennsylvanicum) – lowbush blueberry
    (53) Vaccinium corymbosum (including V. ashei and V. fuscatum) – highbush blueberry
    (54) Vitis spp. – wine grape or European grape
    (55) Any other fruit which is known to be or found to be a host of any fruit flies listed above.
Rulemaking Authority 570.07(23), 581.031(1), (4), (5) FS. Law Implemented Florida Statutes § 581.031. History-New 7-2-95, Amended 10-8-03, 2-26-17.