Bombino fined $40K for illegal crop shipments - East Bay Business Times:

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Bombino Express imported 34 packages of Indian mangoeds and yams that werelabeled “ladies through Los Angeles International Airport in Airport dogs discovered the packages and officials confiscated the shipment. Federal and state laws ban importing of untreated mangoews and yams from which can be infested withnumerouds crop-damaging pests, including the devastatingb Oriental fruit fly. “Invasive peste are a primary threa t toour crops, and keeping them out of California is vital to the security of our food supply and the stabilithy of our agricultural crop,” California Department of Food Agriculture secretary A.G.
Kawamura said in a news Bombino willpay $40,000 in civil penalties, and face a $1.6 million penalt if it violates the agreement, accordingh to the agreement with the Attorney General and Agriculture officials say the Oriental fruit fly couldd cost the state’s millions of dollarse in crop losses, eradication efforts and quarantine “It’s critical that importeed produce be properly inspected to avoid devastatinf and costly pest Attorney General Jerry Brown said