Chicago CBP Intercepts Khapra Beetle in Bags of Rice from India
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced that Chicago CBP agricultural specialists working at O'Hare Airport recently found khapra beetle in two 10-pound bags of rice being shipped amidst clothing, pots and pans, and other personal effects coming into the…
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U.S. from India. This interception was made on August 16, 2011, while CBP was enforcing a federal quarantine that restricts the importation of rice into the U.S. from countries with known khapra beetle infestations.