Plant Pest and Agriculture Commodity Certification Act The
Kansas Plant Pest and Agriculture Commodity Certification Act
was first enacted in 1907. This act serves four basic functions:
To protect the state from outbreaks of dangerous plant pests and
diseases by locating plant pests and taking appropriate
regulatory action when necessary To provide for the licensing of
live plant dealers To provide for the inspection and
certification of Kansas-produced commodities to facilitate
shipments to domestic and international markets To grant
quarantine authority This act authorizes the Secretary of
Agriculture to quarantine and treat or destroy infested or
infected plants or plant products to prevent the movement of
dangerous plant pests into, or spread within, Kansas. In
addition to protecting the state’s plant resources from
unintentional or accidental introduction of plant pests, the
authority provided in this law will assist in the state’s
homeland security effort to detect, identify, and respond to
bioterrorism