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Article: CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION AGRICULTURE SPECIALISTS IN FLORIDA HALT DANGEROUS PESTS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 31, 2009
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued the following press release:
During October, agriculture specialists at Port Everglades have made numerous interceptions of pests within shipments at the port. Day in and day out, this elite group of specialists have had their hands full inspecting the numerous shipments of fruits and vegetables reaching our ports and making sure that they are free of any invasive pests that can wreak havoc to our agriculture industry.
On Oct. 5, during a routine cargo container inspection agriculture specialists at Port Everglades intercepted a weevil within a shipment of fresh green ...