The Hawaii Department of Agriculture has announced a plant quarantine for Kona coffee effective December 2, 2010.

An official notice was published in the classified section of West Hawaii Today.

The rules are described in the document at this link:

http://hawaii.gov/hdoa/pi/ppc/coffee-berry-borer-folder/CBB%20interim%20rule10-1.PDF

The file is an image within a PDF so we are unable to cut and paste it's contents here on this page.

More information can be found at the HDOA web site at:

http://hawaii.gov/hdoa/pi/ppc/coffee-berry-borer-folder/coffee-berry-borer-information-page

Coffee growers with questions regarding the new rules may contact the Plant Quarantine Branch on O`ahu at (808) 832-0566