Plant Protection (Control of Uganda Strain of Cassava Mosaic Disease) Rules, 1999 (G.N. No. 19 of 1999). Country/Territory United Republic of Tanzania Document type Regulation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Subsidiary legislation supplement to official Gazette No. 4, 22 January 1999, pp. 33 and 34. Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Plant protection Pests/diseases Inspection Quarantine Geographical area Africa, Eastern Africa, Least Developed Countries Entry into force notes These Rules shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st November 1998. Abstract These Rules aim at the prevention of spreading of a disease affecting the cassava plant. Transportation of cassava plants from or into any part of the Kagera region without permission of the Director of Agriculture is prohibited. The District Officer for Apiculture and Livestock Development shall declare areas affected by the diseases to be under quarantine. Inspectors who finds or reasonably suspects the disease to be in plants shall notify the owner or occupier of the land and direct destruction by fire of the cassava plants. Only disease resistant plants shall be planted in quarantine areas. Full text English References - Legislation Implements Plant Protection Ordinance. Legislation | United Republic of Tanzania | 1937 (1961) Keyword: Plant protection, Pests/diseases, Inspection, International trade Source: FAO, FAOLEX