APHIS has lifted a Mexican fruit fly quarantine in Texas while expanding a Mediterranean fruit fly one in California.

The United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced an expansion to ...

California avocado growers are fuming this week about a U.S. decision to hand over pest inspections of Mexican orchards to the Mexican government. Inspectors hired by the U.S. Department of ...

The California Avocado Commission has expressed frustration over the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s lack of communication about changes in avocado import inspection. CAC made public ...

The California Avocado Commission is raising concerns with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack about the decision by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to stop inspecting avocados grown in ...