The US has temporarily suspended Mexican avocado imports after an American official received a threatening phone call
The US has temporarily suspended Mexican avocado imports after a US plant safety inspector received a threatening phone call.said the halt in shipments affects avocados from the major growing region of Michoacan.
"US health authorities ... made the decision after one of their officials, who was carrying out inspections in Uruapan, Michoacan, received a threatening message on his official cellphone," the ministry wrote, according to anUS inspectors carry out inspections of the fruits in Mexico to ensure the shipments that reach the US don't carry diseases that could affect American avocados, according to the AP.
No further details on the threat have been released, but Michoacan has been dealing gang violence issues, according to the AP and
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