CBP · Newsroom· U.S. Customs and Border Protection·· 19 days agoAI score10
CBP intercepts first-in-nation plant pathogen Davisoniella eucalypti at Houston airport
CBP protects U.S. agriculture with first-in-nation pathogen interception at George Bush Intercontinental Airport
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CBP states that its agriculture specialists at George Bush Intercontinental Airport intercepted eucalyptus leaves carrying the plant pathogen Davisoniella eucalypti in the baggage of a traveler from New Zealand, and that USDA plant pathologists confirmed the identification. CBP says this is the first time this pathogen has been intercepted at a U.S. port of entry. The intercepted leaves were destroyed in accordance with USDA protocols.
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