I've found scanning a single green/yellow label, or as many as are needed for the order, along with the permit (required to be included with the shipment) to be the most convenient and efficient method of sending them to the shipper. Be sure, however, to require the shipper to print the label in color. Black/white labels are unacceptable to the USDA. I used to send multiple labels to
Silverhill Seeds where Rachel Saunders would hold them in a file for subsequent shipments, miss that.
Also, shipments received without inspection because your address and the green/yellow label were both on the package or the green/yellow label was inside the package are not home free and clear. I know well the thrill of receiving an international shipment of seeds and the desire to rip the package open and inspect the treasure inside. However, the burden is still on you to insure the shipment is inspected. Ship the "unopened" package to your inspection station. Include a return mailing label for convenience.
You see, I had numerous discussions with a LAX inspector years ago about insuring all seed shipments are packaged and posted correctly so they arrive at the inspection station. He made it clear it was my responsibility. None of us has the ability to insure the shipper meets all of the requirements but we can do our part to get the seeds to an inspection station if erroneously delivered to you without inspection.
Jim HenrichAzusa, CAWe had a mostly overcast 75 degree day on the last day of August!
On Tuesday, August 31, 2021, 09:33:22 AM PDT, Joe G via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:
I had been mailing individually cut address labels with my seed donations
to overseas seed exchanges; since the EU has restricted seed without a
phytosanitary certificate, I started emailing the permit & pdf of labels.
Here's where I got into trouble: one of the plant societies used a
different shipping label, which had already been used by another plant
society or seed company, and my package got held up at the port of entry.
Luckily, the USDA inspector called me and provided an email address so I
could retroactively provide an unused shipping label, and the seeds were
forwarded on to me once all the paperwork was legal.
Since that incident, I've been taking screenshots of individual labels and
keeping a record of which labels I've used, so any mixups will be on my end!
-joe in SW VA, where my Calostemma purpureum from Telos is blooming for the
first time, maybe triggered by back-to-back hurricanes?
On Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 11:52 AM R Hansen via pbs <
pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:
> Regarding the fact ApHIS labels are printed 4 to a sheet. I just do one of
> two things. I cut out the appropriate label and mail or I cut out and scan
> that label and email, then put a cross on that label that was scanned so I
> don't reuse, although, having accidentally reused the same label before I
> realized they were numbered, no one noticed the duplication!
>
> Robin Hansen
> Coquille, Oregon
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