Bloomberg obtained a notice earlier this week from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) stating that some imports of Mexican avocados from the Michoacan region will be suspended after two agency workers were reportedly assaulted and detained by assailants.
USDA told Avocado Exporting Producers and Packers of Mexico (APEAM) of the decision to suspend new exports out of the Michoacan region last Friday. The notice didn’t describe the security incident, though local media outlets say that two USDA inspectors were ‘attacked amid a protest over police pay.’
APEAM officials said the USDA inspectors were released and that the detention was unrelated to the avocado industry.
Sure… The nonprofit organization represents over 34,000 avocado farmers and more than 84 packing houses nationwide.”The interruption of avocado exports from Michoacan was due to an incident unrelated to the avocado industry, also affecting other agricultural exports in the state,” the group told CNN.The incident […]
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