EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – Mother’s Day is simply across the nook and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists working at El Paso space ports of entry are paying particular consideration to flower shipments ensuring they’re pest-free.
Traditionally, Valentine’s Day, the Easter vacation, and Mother’s Day weekend are the busiest occasions of the 12 months for CBP agriculture specialists, who are the final line within the struggle towards the introduction of bugs, pests, and illnesses into the United States.
While a comparatively small variety of dangerous pests are discovered among the many thousands and thousands of stems inspected by CBP, a single harmful pest might trigger thousands and thousands of {dollars} of harm to our nation’s crops. CBP recommends that individuals who want to import flowers, plant supplies, and different agricultural gadgets seek the advice of the CBP Info Center part on the CBP web site earlier than they journey or name (877) 227-5511.
“Our ever-vigilant CBP agriculture specialists are carefully inspecting all floral shipments to be certain that they are free from insects, pests, or disease. To avoid unnecessary delays or fines, we encourage travelers to declare all floral arrangements, therefore facilitating the delivery of flowers in time for Mother’s Day, ”
CBP now provides the CBP One cell app, which permits vacationers to request quite a lot of CBP providers, together with inspection of economic shipments of agricultural merchandise. The CBP One app may be downloaded without spending a dime from the Apple App Store or Google Play.
CBP El Paso Director Field Operations Hector A. Mancha.
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