Mysterious Seeds from China Being Mailed to Americans -- and Officials Urge Against Planting Them

[The Blue Flower]

19. What to do with them: Official response from the Virginia Dept of Agriculture

Thank you for emailing the Report A Pest email with the Virginia Department of Agriculture.

If you are NOT a Virginia Resident, please contact your respective Department of Agriculture. Contact information can be found here: https://nationalplantboard.org/membership/.

If you are a Virginia Resident and are reporting Mystery Seed Packages, please see below for further information.
If you still have the seed packets and shipping/packaging materials, please do the following:
Do NOT open the seed packets;
Do NOT plant the seed packets;
Do NOT compost the seeds;
Do NOT throw the seeds in the trash, flush them down the drain, or expose them to the environment in any way; and
Put all packaging materials and seeds into a Ziploc bag.
Ship all seed and packaging materials to the following address:
Chickeilla Carter
USDA-APHIS-PPQ
5657 South Laburnum Avenue
Richmond, VA 23231
If you have already planted the seeds, please take one of the following actions
Pull the plants up;
Put all plant materials in a sturdy plastic bag;
Securely seal that plastic bag;
Put that bag in another plastic bag, securely seal the bag; and
Place all, double-bagged plant materials in the trash.
For all other pest concerns, we will reach back out to you when we are available.



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Office of Plant Industry Services
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
102 Governor Street, Room LL55
Richmond, VA 23219
Office: [phone]