Source: Tom Karst, THE PACKER, 11/18/19

New restrictions have been placed on tomato and pepper trade to protect U.S. crops from the prevent the introduction of tomato brown rugose fruit virus. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said in a news release Nov. 15 that the agency is taking “immediate action” to prevent the introduction of tomato brown rugose fruit virus into the U.S. and protect U.S. tomato and pepper production worth more than $2.3 billion annually.

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