I posted this to another thread on this topic:
Mr. Norris and the overseas shippers who had packaged the flowers had failed to properly navigate the many, often irrational, paperwork requirements the U.S. imposed when it implemented an arcane international treaty’s new restrictions on trade in flowers and other flora.
Some really really bad law, and sizeable Federal bloat increase, typically comes into being as a result of our entrance into these seemingly innocuous 'treaties'. I read this the other day:
http://www.newswithviews.com/Becraft/larry2.htm