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Lapse in Federal Funding Impact on CBP Website Operations Notice

NOTICE: Due to the lapse in federal funding, this website will not be actively managed. This website was last updated on December 21, 2018 and will not be updated until after funding is enacted. As such, information on this website may not be up to date. Transactions submitted via this website might not be processed and we will not be able to respond to inquiries until after appropriations are enacted.

Aviso del impacto de la interrupción de fondos federales en las operaciones del sitio web del Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de los Estados Unidos (CBP, por sus siglas en inglés)

AVISO: A causa de la interrupción de fondos federales, este sitio de web no será administrado activamente. La última actualización a este sitio web se realizó el 21 de diciembre de 2018 y no se harán más actualizaciones hasta que el gobierno reanude operaciones; por ende, puede que el sitio web no refleje la información más reciente. Es posible que no podamos procesar transacciones ni responder a
preguntas hasta que se reanuden operaciones.

Protecting Agriculture

Media Gallery

Hot Peppers recently unloaded from trucks crossing into the U.S. await inspection by CBP Agriculture Specialists.

This Beagle finds an illegal food product that may contain pests harmful to U.S. agriculture.

A CBP Agriculture Specialist checks to see what her partner, Tyco, has detected in a traveler's carry-on bag at the San Francisco International Airport.

Crysanthemum white rust, Puccinia horiana ,on the upper leaf surface and stem of an infected Crysanthemum. Infected Crysanthemums are unmarketable resulting in large economic losses.

CBP agriculture specialist examines flower stems.

CBP agriculture specialist inspects cocoa beans.

A long-horned beetle, Rhytidodera bowringii, discovered in a container of granite counter tops.

CBP Agriculture Specialist finds a pest potentially dangerous to American crops.

An agriculture specialists looks for results of a test given to imported flowers.

Trucks bring products into the U.S. through the Otay Mesa border crossing where CBP Agriculture Specialists inspect their cargo.

Chipping away at wood pallets that bring products into the U.S. an Agriculture Specialist looks for wood boring pests.

A CBP officer inspects a shipment of peppers upon arrival at Red Hook, N.Y.<em> (photo by Josh Denmark)</em>

A CBP officer inspects a shipment of peppers upon arrival at Red Hook, N.Y. (photo by Josh Denmark)

CBP agriculture specialist at work at Miami International Airport.

A CBP officer inspects food cargo within a truck at Red Hook in Brooklyn, N.Y. <em>(photo by Josh Denmark)</em>

A CBP officer inspects food cargo within a truck at Red Hook in Brooklyn, N.Y. (photo by Josh Denmark)

Gladiolus rust, Uromyces transversalis, on the leaves of cut Gladiolus flowers.

An agriculture specialist at Miami International Airport inspects flowers.

A CBP officer inspects a huge shipment of peppers arriving from Mexico through El Paso, Texas.

Agriculture Specialists check inside cherry tomatoes coming into the Port of Long Beach for potential pests.

Last modified:

September 13, 2016

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Agriculture

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