The State - News from March 17, 1986
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The state Department of Food and Agriculture has reopened the border to Mexican citrus fruit after a three-week ban. The ban was imposed Feb. 24 after Mexican fruit fly larvae were discovered in a box of oranges at the department’s inspection station in Blythe. It was lifted after federal agriculture officials agreed to provide additional help inspecting Mexican fruit shipments.
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