LOS ANGELES COUNTY : Oriental Fruit Fly Quarantine Is Lifted
The Agriculture Department has lifted an Oriental fruit fly quarantine against fruits and vegetables from Los Angeles County.
“We are pleased the infestation is now eradicated and we can remove the quarantine,” said B. Glen Lee, deputy administrator for plant protection and quarantine with USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
Fruits and vegetables grown within the quarantined areas had to be federally certified as free of the fruit fly before being shipped interstate. The quarantine was also lifted in Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
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