On July 1, 2023, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) removed the Mexican fruit fly (Mexfly) quarantine in Valley Center, San Diego County, California, after three generations elapsed with no additional detections in this area. This action releases the 77 square miles of the Valley Center quarantine, which contained 4,320 acres of commercial agriculture.
On August 19, 2022, APHIS and CDFA established a Mexfly quarantine in Valley Center, San Diego County, following the confirmed detection of five adult Mexflies within a three-mile radius in the Valley Center area, between August 2 and August 15, 2022. APHIS restricted interstate movement of regulated articles from this area to prevent the spread of Mexfly to non-infested areas of the United States. APHIS has worked cooperatively with CDFA to eradicate this transient Mexfly population through various control actions per program protocols.
All current Federal fruit fly quarantine areas can be found here..
For more information:
Richard Johnson
USDA
Tel.: +1 301-789-8824
[email protected].