In article >,
Sqwertz > wrote:

> Janet Wilder > wrote:
>
> > Janet Wilder wrote:
> >
> >>> And what is their reasoning behind not allowing pits across the
> >>> border? Are they trying to protect some sort of mutant proprietary
> >>> strain of 2-pound (!) avocado?
> >>
> >> US Government regulations.
> >
> > Here's a URL to the government regs. http://tinyurl.com/a36fdy
>
> Yet they allow millions of uninspected avocados in every year.
> Crazy red-tape bureaucracies.
>
> -sw

Corporations in the USA are allowed (nay, encourged) to do all
_sorts_ of things no responsible real person is permitted. HTH.