Crisis avoided. Your sushi rolls, smoothies, $17 avocado toast and lumpy mounds of guacamole will live on.
Last week, we reported that America's $2.8 billion avocado-import industry came to a screeching halt south of the border after a USDA inspector in Mexico received a threatening phone call. On Feb. 11, just before the Super Bowl, the U.S. suspended all imports of avocados because of that call.
The U.S. only imports Hass avocados from the Mexican state of Michoacán. On Feb. 11, it was reported that an inspector found that some of the avocados he was examining for pests or diseases were another variety from the state of Puebla. That shipment was rejected, which is when the inspector received the threatening phone call.“The safety of USDA employees simply doing their jobs is of paramount importance,” the USDA wrote in a statement.
Richard Torres owns Chef’s Produce, which supplies fruits and vegetables to local restaurants. He said his company brings in 20 to 25 pallets of avocados a week, with 80 cases per pallet. Each case has about 48 avocados. That is upwards of 80,000 avocados a week in Dallas. Seems about right.
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