California Department of Food and Agriculture

The Bay Area is in a ‘losing battle’ with exotic fruit smugglers

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The Bay Area is in a ‘losing battle’ with exotic fruit smugglers

Langsat, which grows in yellow, grapelike clusters, is an illegal fruit that’s frequently smuggled into the Bay Area, along with mountain apples, June plums and mangos.  Nancybelle Gonzaga Villarroya/Getty Images On Wednesday morning, a UPS driver discovered a dozen small boxes that didn’t look quite right.  That’s because they contained 600 pounds of June plums, … Read more

Bay Area towns quarantined over invasive flies

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Bay Area towns quarantined over invasive flies

County maps show that some 112 square miles of Santa Clara County are now under quarantine due to the invasive brown-and-white fly, encompassing Sunnyvale, Santa Clara and Cupertino. Steve Proehl/Getty Images California is going to war with invasive flies and placing portions of the state under quarantine — again.  The Oriental fruit fly, or Bactrocera dorsalis, … Read more