“This is serious and reckless behavior,” said District Attorney Jeff Rosen. “If they spread, these flies can destroy crops. This County’s farms and everybody’s food prices are at stake.…
SAN JOSE — Two women are facing felony charges of illegally importing fruit from Vietnam that was partially infested with the larvae of destructive fruit flies, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office.
The women, ages 42 and 36, face the charge of conspiracy to import and sell fruit in violation of federal and state agricultural laws. Prosecutors said in a news release Friday that in 2022, the women coordinated the importation of the tropical fruit langsat, which was mislabeled as dried fish, coffee and tea during the shipping process in order to avoid inspection.
Prosecutors said that one of the women was warned by officials to stop selling the fruit in May 2022, but she continued to advertise it on her social media pages. The langsat was later seized and was found to be infested with the larvae of an invasive species of fruit fly native to South Asia. “This is serious and reckless behavior,” said District Attorney Jeff Rosen in the news release. “If they spread, these flies can destroy crops. This County’s farms and everybody’s food prices are at stake.”
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