Seeds in the Mail

Below is a message from the Animal Health and Inspection service.  If you have received unsolicited seeds in the mail or really any seeds from China or else where outside our country and were marked as something else DO NOT PLANT THEM.  I know we are often curious and want to see what will happen.  We are asking that you receive a package please follow the instructions below.  Do not let curiosity get the best of you.

July 28, 2020

United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Unsolicited Seeds from China

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is aware that people across the country have received unsolicited packages of seed from China in recent days. APHIS is working closely with the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection and State departments of agriculture to prevent the unlawful entry of prohibited seeds and protect U.S. agriculture from invasive pests and noxious weeds.

Anyone who receives an unsolicited package of seeds from China should immediately contact their State plant regulatory official or APHIS State plant health director. Please hold onto the seeds and packaging, including the mailing label, until someone from your State department of agriculture or APHIS contacts you with further instructions. Do not plant seeds from unknown origins.

 

 

 

Ed Curlett

Director of Public Affairs, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

United States Department of Agriculture

Office: (301) 851-4052 

Cell:      (240) 401-7294

 

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