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Agriculture

CBP reminds the traveling public of restrictions for avian commodities originating from or transiting Mexico

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection is reminding the traveling public of the restrictions for avian commodities originating from or transiting Mexico including hunter harvested, non-fully finished avian trophies and meat.

Pests and Diseases

CBP Agriculture Specialists encounter many different pests and diseases that pose a threat to United States agriculture, livestock and residents. See relevant USDA APHIS links for further information. 

CBP agriculture specialists discover first-in-nation pest in San Diego

OTAY MESA, Calif., – U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists assigned to the Otay Mesa cargo facility intercepted a rare pest while inspecting a cargo shipment on July 19 when a shipment containing pocket leaves arrived at the facility. A CBP officer referred the driver and cargo for an intensive agriculture inspection during the initial inspection of the shipment.

Dulles CBP Agriculture Specialists Cage Two Live Birds Carried by Passenger from Iraq

STERLING, Va. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists seized two live birds on July 16 from a woman who arrived aboard a flight from Dubai, U.A.E.

Airline representatives initially notified CBP that their passenger was transporting the birds on the flight inside, and that the birds were inside an open cardboard box inside a plastic bag. Airline representatives also reported that the woman failed to notify airline gate attendants that she was carrying the birds onto the flight.

CBP Releases June 2023 Monthly Update

WASHINGTON – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) today released operational statistics for June 2023, which show a significant and continuing decline in migrant encounters along the Southwest border as well as successful drug interdiction efforts resulting from new enforcement initiatives. CBP’s total encounters along the Southwest border in June were the lowest in over two years, dropping nearly a third from May.