Posted on 07/30/2020 11:41:16 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
All 50 U.S. states have issued warnings about unsolicited packages containing unknown seeds sent to random U.S. households from China.
According to various photos shared by the state departments, people across the country have received packages that appear to have been processed by China Post, which operates the official postal service of China. Labels on the packages indicate there is jewelry inside, only to reveal clear packets of seeds.
Wang Wenbin, a spokesman for China’s foreign ministry, said at a regular press briefing on Tuesday that the labels appear to be forged and that China Post has asked the U.S. Postal Service to send such packages back to China for investigation.
The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Tuesday that its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS) agency is working with the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection, other federal agencies, and state departments of agriculture, to investigate the situation.
“USDA is currently collecting seed packages from recipients and will test their contents and determine if they contain anything that could be of concern to U.S. agriculture or the environment,” the department announced.
U.S. residents are advised to immediately report the unsolicited packages to their local agriculture departments and not dispose of or plant the seeds, over concerns that the packages containing invasive or harmful pests and weeds.
“Please hold onto the seeds and packaging, including the mailing label, until someone from your state department of agriculture or APHIS contacts you with further instructions. Do not plant seeds from unknown origins,” the USDA advised.
There is no evidence to suggest the situation is something other than a “brushing scam,” the department also said. The scam involves people sending unsolicited items to a given U.S. address to qualify as a “verified buyer,”
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Trump should suspend all postal service from China until we get to the bottom of this.
Biological attack on US Agriculture.
someone in my neighborhood has been getting random packages from China the past few weeks. Strange electronic items, seeds, gadgets, etc.
that would be fantastic.
actually what needs to be done is cancel the idiotic control leases we’ve given them to many of our ports.
is there anyway to stop them from sending other virus in the soil into USA?
I conjecture that it is a plot by China to get invasive plants growing in our LAND FILLS! :(
We are an asymmetric unconventional WAR with the CCP.
There were reports of people receiving unsolicited MASKS in the mail from China.
Could easily be an intel op to keep the pandemic going.
They don’t say anything about what the seeds are?
i didn’t hear that one
if it was from china i’d toss em
Biological attack on US Agriculture.
No. Some big Chicom ebay/amazon seller screwed up their invoice/shipping label program. The big story here is the customs fraud: Labeling seeds as jewelry. It is rampant and reason to suspend the sweat heart ePacket air mail deal W. Bush gave the Chicoms.
Saw on TV some people planted the seeds in their garden, idiots..anything that comes from China cant be good..if we get anything we did not order we dont bring it into the house, period!
Well, they sent us a deadly virus, didn’t they? Why wouldn’t they send us devil seeds?
I do not think that they know. That IMHO is the problem.
I'd soak the package in dilute bleach for a few days before tossing.
Wow.
in wouldn’t even open, i’d just toss
if i am not expecting a package from there wouldn’t even open
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