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UCANR: Safeguarding abundant and healthy food for all Californians
First-ever Queensland fruit fly quarantine restricts moving homegrown produce
Published on: November 22, 2023
Hand reaches up to pick an orange from a tree
While people often gift or share homegrown fruit during the holidays, residents in fruit fly quarantine zones should refrain from moving homegrown citrus or other produce off their property. Photo by Evett Kilmartin

QFF quarantine in LA, Ventura counties among seven fruit fly quarantines statewide

Residents in multiple Southern California and Northern California counties should not move homegrown fruits and vegetables from their properties to help contain several species of fruit fly that can destroy crops and impact the livelihoods of local farmers.

With sharing and gifting of food integral to the holiday season, the California Department of Food and Agriculture is reminding people to heed the seven active fruit fly quarantines aimed at controlling the 

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