'You don’t get those back': Avocado industry feels impact of inspection shutdown

PHARR, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Avocado inspections in Michoacán, Mexico, have resumed after the U.S. temporarily halted them over security concerns, disrupting operations for importers in the Rio Grande Valley. The U.S. Department of Agriculture paused inspections last week, preventing companies from harvesting, packing and shipping avocados without USDA inspectors on site. For Villita Avocados in [...]