USDA-APHIS aims to protect hundreds of crops from invasive fruit flies with new comprehensive detection and exclusion plan.
USDA-APHIS is applying safeguarding measures and restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated plants and produce.
Recent finds involving multiple species of the flying pest have sparked seven different quarantines across the state.
This exotic pest native to Australia is known to target more than 175 different fruits, vegetables, and plant commodities.