Medfly Quarantine Lifted in Northeast L.A. County
Federal restrictions on the movement of fruits and vegetables in a 281 square-mile area of northeastern Los Angeles County are being removed because of progress in battling the Mediterranean fruit fly, officials said Tuesday.
State and federal agricultural workers have been combatting an outbreak of the Medfly in the Southland since the summer of 1989.
The U.S. Agriculture Department said it was lifting an agricultural quarantine from northeastern Los Angeles County because Medflies have not been found in the area since April. Other portions of the county remain under the quarantine.
Removed from the quarantine was the area east of the San Gabriel River Freeway and north of the Pomona Freeway, including communities stretching from Baldwin Park to Pomona.
The Medfly is one of the most destructive insect pests for fruits and vegetables.
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