Monday, December 10

 
Not-So-Darling Clementines: USDA Bans Importation to Contain Medfly

Here's a follow-up to last week's note about Florida supermarkets sweeping imported clementine oranges off their shelves because larvae of Mediterranean fruit flies were found in some fruit. The USDA had initially decided against halting imports even though larvae were also found in Maryland and North Carolina, because all those clementines came from a single shipment. The ban came after officials found the larvae on fruit in Louisiana, which came from a different shipment.
posted by Unknown 12:36 PM