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Title: USDA Suspends Mexican Avocado Imports, Stokes Yet More Food Inflation
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URL Source: https://www.zerohedge.com/commoditi ... ocado-imports-ahead-super-bowl
Published: Feb 13, 2022
Author: Tyler Durden
Post Date: 2022-02-13 19:03:49 by Horse
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Views: 123
Comments: 2

The U.S. suspended all imports of Mexican avocados that could send prices to near-record highs in the coming weeks on diminishing supplies if the ban remains in place. The reason for the import halt is a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspector was threatened by what is presumed to be drug cartel members.

"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," Mexico's Agriculture Department said in a statement. -AP News

The surprise halt comes as the price of a 20-pound box of avocados from the state of Michoacan, Mexico (the central hub of Mexican avocado production) is approximately $26.89, the highest ever for this time of year with data going back to 1998.

Poster Comment:

Darn!! I eat avocados.

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#1. To: Horse (#0)

Wait till the produce crosses the border and then do the inspection, or hire inspectors with cojones.

“ On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. ” ~ H. L. Mencken

Lod  posted on  2022-02-13   20:34:05 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Mexican

When I was driving the big truck I picked up a load of Mexican produce in Yuma, Arizona. i was heading for the Indian Casino in New Mexico to take my break.

I was on 2-lane road in New Mexico. It was just about dusk. I come around a curve and the headlights fell on a brown object in the road. It was and ELK! I hit the brakes and moved as far left as possible without dropping steer tire off pavement. I just missed hitting it.

So I put out a broad cast on CB radio that there were Elk out here/ Some driver came back and says, "Elk! I haven't seen Elk in a long time." I told him, "You don't want to see these Elk. They are too close to the road. I almost hit one."

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke

BTP Holdings  posted on  2022-02-13   21:06:44 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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