The Packer - Moroccan citrus will be banned from entering the U.S. after a Mediterranean fruit fly find — and mandarin markets could climb as a result.
Live Medfly or Medfly larvae were found in a bulk shipment of fresh Moroccan clementines at the Port of Philadelphia Jan. 13, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
As a result, Moroccan clementines, mandarins, tangerines and sweet oranges will be banned from the U.S. effective Feb. 8.
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