Local News in Brief : Produce Quarantine
State agriculture officials announced a produce quarantine Thursday for a 62-square-mile area of the San Fernando Valley to fight a Mediterranean fruit fly infestation discovered last week.
People living in the quarantine area are barred from removing home-grown fruit and garden vegetables from the area and from moving such produce within the zone, which include parts of Chatsworth, Canoga Park, Reseda, Tarzana, Encino, Van Nuys, Granada Hills, Mission Hills and Northridge.
The quarantine also prohibits the sale of fruits and vegetables from street and pushcart vendors. Exempt are grocery stores and fruit and vegetable stands whose suppliers treat the food with pesticide.
The quarantine is one of a series of steps being taken to fight a Medfly infestation discovered in Northridge last week.
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