Mexican avocados are seen on the market at a market in Mexico Metropolis on February 15, 2022.
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The U.S. Division of Agriculture introduced Friday that imports of Mexican avocados might resume after a short pause.
Per week in the past, one of many USDA’s Animal and Plant Well being Inspection Service inspectors in Mexico was threatened, resulting in the suspension of imports of the fruit from the border nation.
However on Friday, the company stated extra security measures have been enacted to handle the safety problem, after working with the U.S. Embassy, Mexico’s nationwide plant safety group and an avocado commerce group.
Inspections within the state of Michoacan have restarted and exports of the avocados to the U.S. have resumed.
The pause got here throughout peak rising season for Mexican avocados, which lasts from January to March, and simply earlier than the Tremendous Bowl, which is the preferred time of the yr for U.S. avocado consumption.
Consultants had predicted hovering costs and shortages if the problem wasn’t rapidly resolved. Final yr, 92% of avocados consumed within the U.S. got here from Mexico.
Michoacan is the one Mexican state totally approved to promote its avocados to the U.S., though a second one, Jalisco, just lately acquired approval to start out exporting its avocados this summer season.