Inspectors hired by the U.S. Department of Agriculture have been guarding against imports of avocados infected with insects and diseases since 1997, but they have also been threatened in Mexico for…
FILE – A worker packs avocados at a plant in Uruapan, Michoacan state, Mexico, Feb. 9, 2024. and diseases since 1997, but they have also been threatened in Mexico for refusing to certify deceptive shipments in recent years.
“It is well known that their physical presence greatly reduces the opportunity of others to game the system,” the avocado commission wrote. ”What assurances can APHIS provide us that its unilateral reversal of the process will be equal to or better than what has protected us?” In 2022, inspections were halted after one of the U.S. inspectors was threatened in the western state of Michoacan, where growers are routinely subject to extortion by drug cartels. Only the states of Michoacan and Jalisco are certified to export avocados to the United States.
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