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Terminal Inspection Act of 1916

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The Terminal Inspection Act of 1916 was a part of the Rural Post Roads Act of 1916.[1] It prohibited a person from sending, through the U.S. mail to a state address, a package containing a plant or plant product unless the package's contents were plainly marked. The act was one of the earliest legal forms of early detection of and rapid response to invasive species.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Burgos-Rodríguez, Jhoset; Burgiel, Stanley W. (January 2020). "Federal legal authorities for the early detection of and rapid response to invasive species". Biological Invasions. 22 (1): 129–146. doi:10.1007/s10530-019-02148-w. ISSN 1387-3547.