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Sqwertz wrote:
> Janet Wilder > wrote:
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>> Janet Wilder wrote:
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>>>> 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


Unfortunately individual citizens crossing the border don't make heavy
payments via lobbyists to the USDA. Know what I mean?

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