US lifts ban on avocados from MexicoThe U.S. resumed avocado imports from Mexico on Friday, one week
US lifts ban on avocados from Mexico
2022/2/18 17:23 (EST)
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The U.S. resumed avocado imports from Mexico on Friday, one week after suspending them.
U.S. regulators inspect avocados in Mexico to make sure the fruits don’t spread diseases to avocados grown in the U.S. But on Feb. 11, a U.S. inspector in the Mexican state of Michoacán received death threats.
In response, the U.S. quickly stopped inspections and cut off imports. But following a week of cooperation from several authorities on both sides of the border, avocados are once again flowing from south to north.
“I thank (Mexican authorities) for working with my security colleagues in the U.S. Embassy to enact the measures that ensure the safety of our APHIS inspectors in the field,” U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar said in a statement, referencing the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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Death threats to an avocado
inspector? What a crabby bunch!
