Any foods not allowed into Mexico

4X4Dodger wrote:

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.

I like the first paragraph where you mention "most likely" and don't seem to consider natural migration and being carried by winds. And then go on to how explain about how business can be hurt by foreign imports.
We might agree, 40 years ago, that banning imported fruit MIGHT slow the migration but the deed is done. Fruit flies are there and they will not be deported by any means. Stopping the importation is now just, again, protectionism.
When NAFTA was agreed to, if the US wanted to exclude certain fruits that might cause a monetary problem in some industries, that should have been written in and agreed upon. But after you sign a trade agreement and disregard court opinions time and time again a reasonable person might begin to question the real reason there is a problem.