Any foods not allowed into Mexico
Heading down to Baja and wondered if there were any particular foods that we might lose at a border inspection into Mexico. Last time we crossed at Lukeville but this time will be at Mexicale so could...
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tepetapan wrote:navegator wrote:
Some of those restrictions are actually there to prevent infestations and plagues to migrate.
The best example.
Person smuggled oranges from Mexico to Southern California, some of this fruit had the larva of the fruit fly and the orange industry in California took one hell of a hit, for years we had aircraft flying in patterns releasing sterile male fruit flies, the millions of dollars that the economy and the eradication program is costing, all because one person did not heed a simple rule and a lot of persons have to pay for this, it has been years and this program of fruit fly eradication is still going on.
navegator
I have, for may be two decades, found these excuses rather bizarre. Fruit flies fly, no passport needed. For government to claim they migrated by smuggling is giving them way too much credit. Way too much. Same with the avocado restrictions. Pure protectionism and propaganda.
Fruit flies don't migrate long distances like some other insects and their life span is very short. This makes importation the most likey path of contamination. Billions of dollars are at stake, tens of thousands of jobs in many industries.
Anybody can understand that calculation surely. This is why CA is one of the ONLY states to have agricultural inspection stations on all the major highways leading into the state and everyone gets stopped and asked if they have any fruit or vegetables.
Now for protectionism: Its a valid reason to limit imports. I am willing to bet you are against unregulated migration from Mexico to the US...that boiled down to it's true essence is economic (jobs) protectionism.
As for Avocados...Mexican avocados are sold all over the country CA cannot supply the entire demand.
