26 Return to Sender and Postage

Upon finding that plants or plant products in a package are infested or infected with injurious insects or diseases and cannot satisfactorily be disinfested or disinfected, or that such plants or plant products were moved in violation of a plant–quarantine law or regulation of the USDA or of the state or territory of destination pertaining to such injurious pests, the agricultural inspector so notifies the postmaster at the inspection site. The postmaster then promptly notifies the sender that the plants or plant products will be destroyed by the State or Territorial authorities unless the sender makes arrangements to reclaim the items from the global State or Territorial authorities. No such notification is necessary when the package bears the sender's instruction not to return it if the package is undeliverable.