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Anastrepha ludens (Mexican Fruit Fly ): APHIS Removes the Quarantine in Valley Center, San Diego County, California
Anastrepha ludens (Mexican Fruit Fly ): APHIS Removes the Quarantine in Valley Center, San Diego County, California
Country: United States
Title:
Anastrepha ludens (Mexican Fruit Fly ): APHIS Removes the Quarantine in Valley Center, San Diego County, California
Contact:
Richard Johnson, Fruit Fly National Policy Manager, at (301) 851-2109 or richard.n.johnson@usda.gov
Report:
On July 1, 2023, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) removed the Mexican fruit fly (Mexfly) quarantine in Valley Center, San Diego County, California, after three generations elapsed with no additional detections in this area. This action releases the 77 square miles of the Valley Center quarantine, which contained 4,320 acres of commercial agriculture.
On August 19, 2022, APHIS and CDFA established a Mexfly quarantine in Valley Center, San Diego County, following the confirmed detection of five adult Mexflies within a three-mile radius in the Valley Center area, between August 2 and August 15, 2022. APHIS restricted interstate movement of regulated articles from this area to prevent the spread of Mexfly to non-infested areas of the United States. APHIS has worked cooperatively with CDFA to eradicate this transient Mexfly population through various control actions per program protocols.
A description of all current Federal fruit fly quarantine areas is found at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant-health/ff-quarantine.
Under IPPC standards, Anastrepha ludens is a pest that has been eradicated from Valley Center, San Diego County, California. This species is Absent and eradicated from the United States.
Posted Date: July 26, 2023, 2:41 p.m.