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Preventing Fruit Fly Spread What You Can Do Learn More When U.S. Department of Agriculture Please cooperate with agricultural workers To learn more, visit USDA’s exotic fruit (USDA) or State agriculture officials find who may be in your area surveying for the fly Web site (www.aphis.usda.gov/plant- an infestation of invasive fruit flies that pest. In areas where the pest has been pests-diseases/fruit-flies) or contact: could damage crops in this country, found, agricultural workers may request e The New York State Integrated Pest State regulatory officials first establish approval from the property owner to apply Management Program | an intrastate quarantine to prevent the treatment to prevent the spread. Know nysipm.cornell.edu/agriculture/fruits pest’s spread within that State. USDA then and follow any quarantine restrictions in establishes a parallel interstate quarantine fruit fly-infested areas. ¢ Your local Extension office to keep the pest from spreading to other www.nifa.usda.gov/Extension When traveling, declare all food, live States. Together, these quarantines allow animals, and plant or animal products to a e Your State department of agriculture State and Federal officials to control U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer www.nationalplantboard.org/ and suppress the outbreak locally and or agriculture specialist at the first port of members.html regulate the movement of host fruits, entry. If your items are generally allowed, nursery plants, and other items that could * Thenearest USDA Animal and Plant the inspector will check them to make sure harbor the pest. These efforts help protect Health Inspection Service office they are free from pests and disease. growers in other vulnerable parts of the www.aphis.usda.gov/contact/plant- country. If you travel to Canada, be advised that health you may not bring cherries from the provinces of Quebec and Ontario into the United States. Cherries from other Canadian provinces are allowed if they are accompanied by a receipt or other document that confirms the fruit’s origin. For more information, view the Federal Order: www.aphis.usda.gov/sites/default/ files/DA-2017-15. pdf.