The United States has suspended avocado imports from Mexico due to a threat received by a U.S. inspector while working in the country.
The suspension of avocado inspection activities in the Mexican state of Michoacán came after one U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspector who was carrying out inspection work received a threatening phone call last week. The import suspension began Saturday.
The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, which carries out avocado inspections in...
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