The U.S. Customs and Border Protection says specialists have confirmed European cherry fruit fly was intercepted at the U.S. at the Detroit Metro Airport last month. A five-pound bag of fresh cherries was found with a traveler arriving from Romania and headed to Fish Creek, Wisconsin. The region is a major cherry producing area of the state. […]
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