State Ends Quarantine on Oriental Fruit Fly
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State agricultural officials Wednesday ended a quarantine on the Oriental fruit fly in a 116-square-mile area centered in Santa Ana that went into effect in July.
Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary A.G. Kawamura said the insects had been eradicated.
The quarantine was declared July 13 after area authorities found fruit flies, which can ruin some 230 varieties of produce by filling them with their eggs.
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