date:Jan 10, 2014
Fumigation of fresh blueberries from Chile, required by the U.S. Department of Agriculture since December following multiple finds of European grapevine moth in that country, can now be done on arrival at U.S. ports.
This is a huge impact and relief for the Chilean berry industry and will enable the exporters who are unable to fumigate in country of origin to have a second avenue in order to ship, Patricia Compres, president and chief executive officer of Miami-based Advance Customs Brokers Co