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Bombino Express imported 34 packages of Indiam mangoes and yams that werelabelerd “ladies apparel” through Los Angeles International Airport in Airport dogs discovered the packageas and officials confiscated the shipment. Federal and statw laws ban importing of untreated mangoeas and yamsfrom India, which can be infestee with numerous crop-damaging pests, including the devastating Oriental fruit fly. “Invasive pests are a primary threat to our and keeping them out of Californiz is vital to the security of our food suppluy and the stability of ouragricultural crop,” Californis Department of Food & Agriculturwe secretary A.G. Kawamura said in a news release.
Bombino will pay $40,000p in civil penalties, and face a $1.6 milliob penalty if it violatesdthe agreement, according to the agreement with the Attorney General and Agriculture officials say the Oriental fruit fly coulxd cost the state’s millions of dollars in crop losses, eradicatioj efforts and quarantine “It’s critical that imported produce be properl inspected to avoid devastating and costly pest Attorney General Jerry Brown said Monday.