Posted on 02/13/2022 7:29:13 PM PST by mac_truck
Mexico has acknowledged that the U.S. government has suspended all imports of Mexican avocados after a U.S. plant safety inspector in Mexico received a threat.
The surprise suspension was confirmed late Saturday on the eve of the Super Bowl, the biggest sales opportunity of the year for Mexican avocado growers.
Avocado exports are the latest victim of the drug cartel turf battles and extortion of avocado growers in the western state of Michoacan, the only state in Mexico fully authorized to export to the U.S. market.
The U.S. government suspended all imports of Mexican avocados “until further notice” after a U.S. plant safety inspector in Mexico received a threatening message, Mexico’s Agriculture Department said in a statement.
“U.S. health authorities ... made the decision after one of their officials, who was carrying out inspections in Uruapan, Michoacan, received a threatening message on his official cellphone,” the department wrote.
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So much for the millions spent on the Mexican avacado Super Bowl commercial.
I just ate one for my midnight snack.
Blood Avocados.
Just a stunt to make it appear like the admin is tough on avocados. Because Americans like avocados. They’re not halting illegal immigrants. Just avocados.
I just had one as a topping on my hamburger
Avocado Toast Millenials gonna vote Brandon out
Biden’s new initiative...
Crack pipes are OK, but avocado addiction is bad and we must take action.
Punishment for demanding mask mandates be lifted?
And where Pres Donald Trump said anything remotely sideways the media and Congress blew a gasket.
Not gonna lie. I love avocado toast.
Like they would get to shelves here anyway with Biden and crew screwing up the supply chain.
Now the only way to get Mexican avocados into the US will be in backpacks carried by the millions of crimmigrants flooding our southern border.
The cartels are going to be pissed!
Can we suspend the import of people coming across the border with Mexico instead?
Mexico is a gangland shithole with increasingly wealthy oligarchs. Soon it will be Russia.
Hhmmm...just ate Avocados ...yum...more tomorrow
I saw that ad...thought it was clever.
I can’t live without avocados. America has declared war on my diet plan. I could die. I need avocados to live!
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